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737 B
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37 lines
737 B
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.TH ETHERS 5
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.SH NAME
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ethers \- ethernet address to hostname database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /etc/ethers
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The ethers database translates ethernet addresses to hostnames for use by
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the RARP daemon (see
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.BR rarpd (8).)
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.B /etc/ethers
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may look like this:
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.PP
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.RS
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.ta +20n +10n
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0:0:c0:a:77:23 flotsam
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.br
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0:0:c0:a:68:ce jetsam
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.RE
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.PP
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The six octet ethernet numbers must be entered as shown above, the hex
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constants must use lowercase letters and may not have leading zeros.
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Comments are marked with '#'.
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.PP
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See
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.BR rarpd (8)
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on why you shouldn't list Sun hosts in this file.
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.SH FILES
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.TP 15n
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/etc/ethers
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Ethernet addresses database.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR hosts (5),
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.BR rarpd (8),
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.BR boot (8).
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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