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ethers(4)							     ethers(4)

NAME
       ethers - Database that maps Ethernet addresses to hostnames

DESCRIPTION
       The  /etc/ethers	 file  is used in conjunction with the reverse address
       resolution protocol daemon (rarpd) to map Ethernet addresses  to	 host‐
       names.	It  contains  information  about  the  known (48-bit) Ethernet
       addresses of hosts on the Internet.

       For each host on an Ethernet, a single line should be  present  in  the
       file with the following information:

       Ethernet-address	       official-host-name

       Items  are  separated by one or more spaces or tabs.  A number sign (#)
       indicates the beginning of a comment that extends to the end of line.

       The standard form for Ethernet addresses is:

       x:x:x:x:x:x

       The x is a hexadecimal number between 0 and ff,	representing  1	 byte.
       The address bytes are always in network order.

       Hostnames  can contain any printable character other than a space, tab,
       newline, or number sign (#).

       Hostnames in the /etc/ethers file should correspond to the hostnames in
       the /etc/hosts file or to those provided by the name service.

EXAMPLES
       The following is a sample ethers file:

       08:00:20:01:e5:1c	   host1	   #	Comments    go	  here
       08:00:20:01:d0:4c	  host2		  #    Comments	   go	  here
       08:00:20:01:e0:1d	   host3	   #	Comments    go	  here
       08:00:20:00:c2:4e       host4	    # Comments go here

RELATED INFORMATION
       Commands: rarpd(8)

       Files: hosts(4), packetfilter(7)

       Routines: ethers(3) delim off

								     ethers(4)
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