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diff --git a/man5/hosts.5 b/man5/hosts.5 deleted file mode 100644 index b89dd98e1..000000000 --- a/man5/hosts.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -.\" -.\" Minor polishing, aeb -.\" Modified, 2002-06-16, Mike Coleman -.\" -.TH hosts 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" -.SH NAME -hosts \- static table lookup for hostnames -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B /etc/hosts -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -This manual page describes the format of the -.I /etc/hosts -file. -This file is a simple text file that associates IP addresses -with hostnames, one line per IP address. -For each host a single -line should be present with the following information: -.RS -.PP -IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...] -.RE -.PP -The IP address can conform to either IPv4 or IPv6. -Fields of the entry are separated by any number of blanks and/or -tab characters. -Text from a "#" character until the end of the line is -a comment, and is ignored. -Host names may contain only alphanumeric -characters, minus signs ("\-"), and periods ("."). -They must begin with an -alphabetic character and end with an alphanumeric character. -Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, -shorter hostnames, or generic hostnames (for example, -.IR localhost ). -If required, a host may have two separate entries in this file; -one for each version of the Internet Protocol (IPv4 and IPv6). -.PP -The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Server implements the -Internet name server for UNIX systems. -It augments or replaces the -.I /etc/hosts -file or hostname lookup, and frees a host from relying on -.I /etc/hosts -being up to date and complete. -.PP -In modern systems, even though the host table has been superseded by -DNS, it is still widely used for: -.TP -.B bootstrapping -Most systems have a small host table containing the name and address -information for important hosts on the local network. -This is useful -when DNS is not running, for example during system bootup. -.TP -.B NIS -Sites that use NIS use the host table as input to the NIS host -database. -Even though NIS can be used with DNS, most NIS sites still -use the host table with an entry for all local hosts as a backup. -.TP -.B isolated nodes -Very small sites that are isolated from the network use the host table -instead of DNS. -If the local information rarely changes, and the -network is not connected to the Internet, DNS offers little -advantage. -.SH FILES -.I /etc/hosts -.SH NOTES -Modifications to this file normally take effect immediately, -except in cases where the file is cached by applications. -.SS Historical notes -RFC\ 952 gave the original format for the host table, though it has -since changed. -.PP -Before the advent of DNS, the host table was the only way of resolving -hostnames on the fledgling Internet. -Indeed, this file could be -created from the official host data base maintained at the Network -Information Control Center (NIC), though local changes were often -required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases and/or -unknown hosts. -The NIC no longer maintains the hosts.txt files, -though looking around at the time of writing (circa 2000), there are -historical hosts.txt files on the WWW. -I just found three, from 92, -94, and 95. -.SH EXAMPLES -.EX -# The following lines are desirable for IPv4 capable hosts -127.0.0.1 localhost -\& -# 127.0.1.1 is often used for the FQDN of the machine -127.0.1.1 thishost.example.org thishost -192.168.1.10 foo.example.org foo -192.168.1.13 bar.example.org bar -146.82.138.7 master.debian.org master -209.237.226.90 www.opensource.org -\& -# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts -::1 localhost ip6\-localhost ip6\-loopback -ff02::1 ip6\-allnodes -ff02::2 ip6\-allrouters -.EE -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR hostname (1), -.BR resolver (3), -.BR host.conf (5), -.BR resolv.conf (5), -.BR resolver (5), -.BR hostname (7), -.BR named (8) -.PP -Internet RFC\ 952 -.\" .SH AUTHOR -.\" This manual page was written by Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, -.\" for the Debian GNU/Linux system. |