ETHERS(5)ETHERS(5)NAMEethers - Ethernet address to hostname database or YP domain
DESCRIPTION
The ethers file contains information regarding the known (48 bit)
Ethernet addresses of hosts on the Internet. For each host on an
Ethernet, a single line should be present with the following
information:
Ethernet address
official host name
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or TAB characters. A
`#' indicates the beginning of a comment extending to the end of line.
The standard form for Ethernet addresses is ``x:x:x:x:x:x'' where x is
a hexadecimal number between 0 and ff, representing one byte. The
address bytes are always in network order. Host names may contain any
printable character other than a SPACE, TAB, NEWLINE, or comment
character. It is intended that host names in the ethers file
correspond to the host names in the hosts(5) file.
The ether_line() routine from the Ethernet address manipulation
library, ethers(3N) may be used to scan lines of the ethers file.
FILES
/etc/ethers
SEE ALSOethers(3N), hosts(5)
19 October 1987 ETHERS(5)
