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diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 index 0861108ff93..146c31f720d 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hosts.5,v 1.22 2014/08/23 07:25:54 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hosts.5,v 1.23 2018/04/28 16:40:10 schwarze Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.4 1994/11/30 19:31:20 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ .\" .\" @(#)hosts.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: August 23 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 28 2018 $ .Dt HOSTS 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm hosts -.Nd host name database +.Nd host and network name database .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -file contains information regarding the known hosts on the network. -For each host, a single line should be present with the following information: +file associates names and IP addresses. +Each line has the following format: .Bd -unfilled -offset indent Internet address -Official host name +Host or network name Aliases .Ed .Pp @@ -99,8 +99,13 @@ file format appeared in .Bx 4.2 . .Pp An official host database used to be maintained at -the Network Information Control Center -.Pq Tn NIC . +the Network Information Control Center (NIC). +.Pp +Up to +.Ox 6.3 , +a separate file +.Pa /etc/networks +could be used to store network names. .Sh BUGS A name server should be used instead of a static file. .Pp |