ethers

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

ethernetaddress	machinename

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

0:1:23:aa:bb:cc	camembert	

The DN of the directory entry created from this line in the ethers 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/hosts file. See the example given in "bootparams" for details of the complete LDAP directory entry created from these files.