NAME

     hosts - hostname to IP address database


SYNOPSIS

     /etc/hosts


DESCRIPTION

     The hosts database lists the IP addresses and the  hostnames
     that  translate  to  these  IP  addresses.   It  is  used by
     nonamed(8) in a network  without  name  servers.   A  simple
     /etc/hosts may look like this:

          10.0.0.1       flotsam
          10.0.0.2       jetsam

     These two entries give names to two IP addresses.  The  file
     may contain comments marked with '#'.

     You can have aliases (more hostnames on the  same  line)  to
     give  a  machine  more than one name, like www, if you run a
     web server on one.

     If your PC is Internet connected then you  can  specify  the
     name server(s) to get more information from with %nameserver
     entries:

          172.16.24.3    %nameserver    # dns1.example.com
          172.16.24.6    %nameserver    # dns2.example.com

     Read nonamed(8) for all the details  on  special  host  file
     entries  that configure nonamed for use on the Internet, and
     on home machines that  are  occasionally  connected  to  the
     Internet.


FILES

     /etc/hosts     Hosts database.


SEE ALSO

     ethers(5), nonamed(8), dhcpd(8), boot(8).


AUTHOR

     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)