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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man5/eui64.5 b/static/freebsd/man5/eui64.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..72fa6f72 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man5/eui64.5 @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1995 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 11, 2004 +.Dt EUI64 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm eui64 +.Nd IEEE EUI-64 address database +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +database contains information regarding known IEEE EUI-64s of hosts. +The data is stored in a file called +.Pa /etc/eui64 +in the following format: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Em EUI-64 host-name +.Ed +.Pp +Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or +tab characters. +A +.Ql # +at the start of a line indicates the +beginning of a comment that extends to the end of the line. +Valid lines may also contain comments. +A +.Ql + +at the start of a line will cause the +.Xr eui64 3 +library functions to use data stored in the +NIS +.Pa eui64.byname +and +.Pa eui64.byid +maps in addition to the data in the +.Pa /etc/eui64 +file. +.Pp +An EUI-64 is expressed in +.Tn ASCII +form as +.Qq x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x +where +.Ar x +is a hexadecimal value between 0x00 and 0xFF. +The address values +should be in network order. +Hostnames specified in the +.Pa /etc/eui64 +database should correspond to entries in the +.Xr hosts 5 +file. +.\" .Pp +.\" The +.\" .Fn eui64_line +.\" function in the standard C library can be used to break individual +.\" lines in the +.\" .Pa /etc/eui64 +.\" database into their individual components: a binary EUI-64 is +.\" stored as an +.\" .Pa eui64_addr +.\" structure, and a hostname stored as a character string. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/eui64" -compact +.It Pa /etc/eui64 +The +.Nm +file resides in +.Pa /etc . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr eui64 3 , +.Xr yp 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +format is based on the +.Xr ethers 5 +format. |
