ethers(4tcp)

ethers -- Ethernet address to hostname database

Description

The ethers file contains information regarding the known (48 bit) Ethernet addresses of hosts on the Internet. This information is used by the RARP daemon, rarpd(1Mtcp). 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 SPACE 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(4tcp) file.

Files

/etc/ethers

References

ethers(3N), hosts(4tcp), rarpd(1Mtcp)

RFC 903