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HOSTS(5)                      File Formats Manual                     HOSTS(5)

NAME
       hosts - hostname to IP address database

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/hosts

DESCRIPTION
       The  hosts  database  lists  the  IP  addresses  and the hostnames that
       translate to these IP addresses.  It is used by nonamed(8) in a network
       without name servers.  A simple /etc/hosts may look like this:

              10.0.0.1       flotsam
              10.0.0.2       jetsam

       These two entries give names to two IP addresses.  The file may contain
       comments marked with '#'.

       You can have aliases (more hostnames  on  the  same  line)  to  give  a
       machine more than one name, like www, if you run a web server on one.

       If  your  PC  is  Internet  connected  then  you  can  specify the name
       server(s) to get more information from with %nameserver entries:

              172.16.24.3    %nameserver    # dns1.example.com
              172.16.24.6    %nameserver    # dns2.example.com

       Read nonamed(8) for all the details on special host file  entries  that
       configure  nonamed  for  use on the Internet, and on home machines that
       are occasionally connected to the Internet.

FILES
       /etc/hosts     Hosts database.

SEE ALSO
       ethers(5), nonamed(8), dhcpd(8), boot(8).

AUTHOR
       Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

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