Re: Content of /etc/ethers

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Subject: Re: Content of /etc/ethers
From: Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 20:35:41 -0600
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On Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 8:23 PM John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> wrote:

The man page for /etc/ethers (a file) is in net-tools. The file does
not exist on my Sid system.

The man page:

NAME
ethers - Ethernet address to IP number database

....

Isn't that file a somehow surviving BSD-ism?

--
John Hasler
john@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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