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Re: Content of /etc/ethers

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Thank you for mentioning "dnsmasq".  I do the same thing on my home network and it works very well.
Rick

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024, at 9:29 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Which tools read /etc/ethers, what do they expect in there, what do
>> they do with the contents?
>
> AFAIK it's mostly unused nowadays.  I have such a file on my DHCP
> server, where `dnsmasq` reads it (lets me give static IP addresses to
> some of my machines, even though they're configured via DHCP,
> i.e. they're "dynamically static").
>
>
>         Stefan

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Content of /etc/ethers Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2024-01-04 02:30 +0100
  Re: Content of /etc/ethers Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-01-04 03:10 +0100
    Re: Content of /etc/ethers John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-01-04 03:30 +0100
      Re: Content of /etc/ethers Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2024-01-04 03:40 +0100
        Re: Content of /etc/ethers Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-01-04 04:00 +0100
          Re: Content of /etc/ethers Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2024-01-04 06:40 +0100
        Re: Content of /etc/ethers Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2024-01-04 04:30 +0100
  Re: Content of /etc/ethers Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-01-04 06:30 +0100
    Re: Content of /etc/ethers "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2024-01-05 00:00 +0100
  Re: Content of /etc/ethers Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2024-01-04 15:00 +0100

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