ethers(5)

NAME

     ethers - ethernet address to hostname database

SYNOPSIS

     /etc/ethers

DESCRIPTION

     The ethers database translates ethernet addresses to hostnames for use by
     the RARP daemon (see rarpd(8).)  /etc/ethers may look like this:

          0:0:c0:a:77:23      darask
          0:0:c0:a:68:ce      burask

     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 '#'.

     See rarpd(8) on why you shouldn't list Sun hosts in this file.

FILES

     /etc/ethers    Ethernet addresses database.

SEE ALSO

     hosts(5), rarpd(8), boot(8).

AUTHOR

     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)