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Re: Content of /etc/ethers

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 02:07:06AM +0100, Steve Keller wrote:
> Which tools read /etc/ethers, what do they expect in there, what do
> they do with the contents?

unicorn:~$ ls -ld /etc/ethers
ls: cannot access '/etc/ethers': No such file or directory

> Is it only used to show names to a user or
> take names from a user instead of MAC addresses, like in tcpdump?

??

> The Linux man page says the entries in /etc/ethers should be numeric
> IP addresses or names which can be resolved by DNS,

unicorn:~$ man ethers
No manual entry for ethers

What man page are you reading?  Is /etc/ethers on your system a file, or
a directory?  What does "dpkg -S /etc/ethers" (or one of the files, if
it's a directory containing files) say it came from?

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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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