projects / unix-history / blame
| Commit | Line | Data |
|---|---|---|
| 3922de1d C |
1 | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | HOSTS(5) 1990 HOSTS(5) | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE | |
| 9 | hosts - host name data base | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN | |
| 12 | The _\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt_\bs file contains information regarding the known | |
| 13 | hosts on the network. For each host a single line should be | |
| 14 | present with the following information: | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | official host name | |
| 17 | Internet address | |
| 18 | aliases | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab char- | |
| 21 | acters. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; char- | |
| 22 | acters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by rou- | |
| 23 | tines which search the file. | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | When using the name server _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bd(8), this file provides a | |
| 26 | backup when the name server is not running. For the name | |
| 27 | server, it is suggested that only a few addresses be | |
| 28 | included in this file. These include address for the local | |
| 29 | interfaces that _\bi_\bf_\bc_\bo_\bn_\bf_\bi_\bg(8C) needs at boot time and a few | |
| 30 | machines on the local network. | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | This file may be created from the official host data base | |
| 33 | maintained at the Network Information Control Center (NIC), | |
| 34 | though local changes may be required to bring it up to date | |
| 35 | regarding unofficial aliases and/or unknown hosts. As the | |
| 36 | data base maintained at NIC is incomplete, use of the name | |
| 37 | server is recommend for sites on the DARPA Internet. | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | Network addresses are specified in the conventional ``.'' | |
| 40 | notation using the _\bi_\bn_\be_\bt__\ba_\bd_\bd_\br() routine from the Internet | |
| 41 | address manipulation library, _\bi_\bn_\be_\bt(3N). Host names may con- | |
| 42 | tain any printable character other than a field delimiter, | |
| 43 | newline, or comment character. | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS | |
| 46 | /etc/hosts | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO | |
| 49 | gethostbyname(3N), ifconfig(8C), named(8) | |
| 50 | Name Server Operations Guide for BIND | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | ||
| 53 | ||
| 54 | ||
| 55 | ||
| 56 | ||
| 57 | ||
| 58 | ||
| 59 | ||
| 60 | ||
| 61 | ||
| 62 | ||
| 63 | Printed 7/27/90 June 1 | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | ||
| 66 |