ETHERS(5) File Formats Manual ETHERS(5)
NAME
ethers - ethernet address to hostname database
SYNOPSIS
/etc/ethers
DESCRIPTION
The ethers database translates ethernet addresses to hostnames for use by the RARP daemon (see rarpd(8).) /etc/ethers may look like this:
0:0:c0:a:77:23 darask
0:0:c0:a:68:ce burask
The six octet ethernet numbers must be entered as shown above, the hex constants must use lowercase letters and may not have leading zeros.
Comments are marked with '#'.
See rarpd(8) on why you shouldn't list Sun hosts in this file.
FILES
/etc/ethers Ethernet addresses database.
SEE ALSO
hosts(5), rarpd(8), boot(8).
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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