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| 1 | .TH ETHERS 5
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | ethers \- ethernet address to hostname database
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B /etc/ethers
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| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 7 | The ethers database translates ethernet addresses to hostnames for use by
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| 8 | the RARP daemon (see
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| 9 | .BR rarpd (8).)
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| 10 | .B /etc/ethers
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| 11 | may look like this:
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| 12 | .PP
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| 13 | .RS
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| 14 | .ta +20n +10n
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| 15 | 0:0:c0:a:77:23 flotsam
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| 16 | .br
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| 17 | 0:0:c0:a:68:ce jetsam
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| 18 | .RE
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| 19 | .PP
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| 20 | The six octet ethernet numbers must be entered as shown above, the hex
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| 21 | constants must use lowercase letters and may not have leading zeros.
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| 22 | Comments are marked with '#'.
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| 23 | .PP
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| 24 | See
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| 25 | .BR rarpd (8)
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| 26 | on why you shouldn't list Sun hosts in this file.
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| 27 | .SH FILES
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| 28 | .TP 15n
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| 29 | /etc/ethers
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| 30 | Ethernet addresses database.
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| 31 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 32 | .BR hosts (5),
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| 33 | .BR rarpd (8),
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| 34 | .BR boot (8).
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| 35 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 36 | Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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