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diff --git a/share/man/man5/ethers.5 b/share/man/man5/ethers.5 index fd55b38e1b8..740e48b1d10 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/ethers.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/ethers.5 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ethers.5,v 1.7 1998/11/26 04:25:58 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: ethers.5,v 1.2 1994/11/30 19:31:16 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Written by Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>. Public domain. @@ -13,13 +14,14 @@ The .Nm ethers file maps Ethernet addresses to host names. Lines consist of an address and a host name, separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. -A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of +A +.Dq # +indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. .Pp -Ethernet addresses are expressed as six hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. The functions described in +Ethernet addresses are expressed as six hexadecimal numbers separated by +colons. The functions described in .Xr ethers 3 -and -.Xr ether_aton 3 can read and produce this format. .Pp The @@ -28,21 +30,17 @@ file has support for YP functionality. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/ethers -compact .It Pa /etc/ethers -The -.Nm ethers -file resides in -.Pa /etc . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ethers 3 , .Xr diskless 8 .Sh BUGS A name server should be used instead of a static file. -.br +.Pp Lines in .Pa /etc/ethers are limited to -.Ev BUFSIZE +.Dv BUFSIZE characters (currently 1024). Longer lines will be ignored. .Sh HISTORY The |