minix man page for ethers

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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