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home | helpETHERS(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 flotsam 0:0:c0:a:68:ce jetsam 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) ETHERS(5)
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