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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: myname.5,v 1.9 2017/07/13 19:16:33 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: myname.5,v 1.10 2020/11/29 20:14:06 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 29 2020 $
.Dt MYNAME 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm myname , mygate
-.Nd default hostname and gateway
+.Nm myname
+.Nd default hostname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm myname
-and
-.Nm mygate
-files are read by
+file is read by
.Xr netstart 8
at system startup time.
.Pp
@@ -50,48 +48,14 @@ See
.Xr hostname 7
for a description of hostname resolution.
.Pp
-.Pa /etc/mygate ,
-if it exists,
-contains the address of the gateway host.
-The gateway is added to the routing tables by the
-.Xr route 8
-utility.
-If
-.Pa /etc/mygate
-does not exist, no default gateway is added to the routing tables.
-The file may contain gateway addresses for both IPv4 and IPv6 networks:
-in dotted quad notation for v4
-.Pq e.g. 192.0.2.1
-or in colon notation for v6
-.Pq e.g. 2001:db8::1 .
-Each address must be specified on a separate line.
-If more than one address of a specific family is found,
-only the first is used \- all other addresses of that family are ignored.
-.Pp
-.Pa /etc/mygate
-is processed after all interfaces have been configured.
-If any
-.Xr hostname.if 5
-files contain
-.Dq dhcp
-directives,
-IPv4 entries in
-.Pa /etc/mygate
-will be ignored.
-If they contain
-.Dq autoconf
-directives,
-IPv6 entries will be ignored.
.Pp
Empty lines and lines beginning with
.Sq #
-in either file are ignored.
+are ignored.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/myname" -compact
.It Pa /etc/myname
Default hostname.
-.It Pa /etc/mygate
-Default gateway address(es).
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hostname 1 ,
@@ -99,8 +63,7 @@ Default gateway address(es).
.Xr hosts 5 ,
.Xr resolv.conf 5 ,
.Xr hostname 7 ,
-.Xr netstart 8 ,
-.Xr route 8
+.Xr netstart 8
.Sh HISTORY
This manual page first appeared in
.Ox 3.4 .