.TH ETHERS 5
.SH NAME
ethers \- ethernet address to hostname database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/ethers
.SH DESCRIPTION
The ethers database translates ethernet addresses to hostnames for use by
the RARP daemon (see
.BR rarpd (8).)
.B /etc/ethers
may look like this:
.PP
.RS
.ta +20n +10n
0:0:c0:a:77:23	flotsam
.br
0:0:c0:a:68:ce	jetsam
.RE
.PP
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 '#'.
.PP
See
.BR rarpd (8)
on why you shouldn't list Sun hosts in this file.
.SH FILES
.TP 15n
/etc/ethers
Ethernet addresses database.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR hosts (5),
.BR rarpd (8),
.BR boot (8).
.SH AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)