hosts

An entry in the hosts file is usually of the form:

ipaddress hostname hostaliasnames #hostdescription

For example, the hosts file in the domain France.XYZ.com contains the following line:

123.456.789.1	camembert	bertie	# SS5 Pierre's Desktop

The DN of the directory entry created from this line in the hosts file is cn=camembert, ou=Hosts, ou=Services, dc=France, dc=XYZ, dc=com. The attributes stored under that entry and their values are:

The host camembert may also have an entry in the /etc/bootparams file and the /etc/ethers file. See the example given in "bootparams" for details of the complete LDAP directory entry created from these files.