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| 1 | .TH HOSTS 5
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | hosts \- hostname to IP address database
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B /etc/hosts
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| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 7 | The hosts database lists the IP addresses and the hostnames that translate
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| 8 | to these IP addresses. It is used by
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| 9 | .BR nonamed (8)
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| 10 | in a network without name servers. A simple
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| 11 | .B /etc/hosts
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| 12 | may look like this:
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| 13 | .PP
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| 14 | .RS
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| 15 | .ta +15n
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| 16 | .nf
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| 17 | 10.0.0.1 flotsam
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| 18 | 10.0.0.2 jetsam
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| 19 | .fi
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| 20 | .RE
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| 21 | .PP
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| 22 | These two entries give names to two IP addresses. The file may contain
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| 23 | comments marked with '#'.
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| 24 | .PP
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| 25 | You can have aliases (more hostnames on the same line) to give a machine
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| 26 | more than one name, like
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| 27 | .BR www ,
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| 28 | if you run a web server on one.
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| 29 | .PP
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| 30 | If your PC is Internet connected then you can specify the name server(s)
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| 31 | to get more information from with %nameserver entries:
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| 32 | .PP
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| 33 | .RS
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| 34 | .ta +\w'172.16.24.3'u+4m +\w'%nameserver'u+4m
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| 35 | .nf
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| 36 | 172.16.24.3 %nameserver # dns1.example.com
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| 37 | 172.16.24.6 %nameserver # dns2.example.com
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| 38 | .fi
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| 39 | .RE
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| 40 | .PP
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| 41 | Read
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| 42 | .BR nonamed (8)
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| 43 | for all the details on special host file entries that configure
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| 44 | .B nonamed
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| 45 | for use on the Internet, and on home machines that are occasionally
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| 46 | connected to the Internet.
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| 47 | .SH FILES
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| 48 | .TP 15n
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| 49 | /etc/hosts
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| 50 | Hosts database.
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| 51 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 52 | .BR ethers (5),
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| 53 | .BR nonamed (8),
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| 54 | .BR dhcpd (8),
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| 55 | .BR boot (8).
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| 56 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 57 | Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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