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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)hosts.5     6.3 (Berkeley) 5/14/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH HOSTS 5  "May 14, 1986"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: hosts \- host name data base
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: The
                     13: .I hosts
                     14: file contains information regarding
                     15: the known hosts on the network.
                     16: For each host a single line should be present
                     17: with the following information:
                     18: .HP 10
                     19: official host name
                     20: .br
                     21: .ns
                     22: .HP 10
                     23: Internet address
                     24: .br
                     25: .ns
                     26: .HP 10
                     27: aliases
                     28: .PP
                     29: Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
                     30: tab characters.  A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
                     31: a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
                     32: not interpreted by routines which search the file.
                     33: .PP
                     34: When using the name server
                     35: .IR named (8),
                     36: this file provides a backup when the name server
                     37: is not running.
                     38: For the name server, it is suggested that only a few addresses
                     39: be included in this file.
                     40: These include  address for the local interfaces that 
                     41: .IR ifconfig (8C)
                     42: needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
                     43: .PP
                     44: This file may be created from the official host
                     45: data base maintained at the Network Information Control
                     46: Center (NIC), though local changes may be required
                     47: to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
                     48: and/or unknown hosts.  As the data base maintained at NIC
                     49: is incomplete, use of the name server is recommend for
                     50: sites on the DARPA Internet.
                     51: .PP
                     52: Network addresses are specified in the conventional
                     53: ``.'' notation using the \fIinet_addr\fP() routine
                     54: from the Internet address manipulation library,
                     55: .IR inet (3N).
                     56: Host names may contain any printable
                     57: character other than a field delimiter, newline,
                     58: or comment character.
                     59: .SH FILES
                     60: /etc/hosts
                     61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     62: gethostbyname(3N), ifconfig(8C), named(8)
                     63: .br
                     64: Name Server Operations Guide for BIND

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