On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 02:07:06AM +0100, Steve Keller wrote: > Which tools read /etc/ethers, what do they expect in there, what do > they do with the contents?
unicorn:~$ ls -ld /etc/ethers ls: cannot access '/etc/ethers': No such file or directory > Is it only used to show names to a user or > take names from a user instead of MAC addresses, like in tcpdump? ?? > The Linux man page says the entries in /etc/ethers should be numeric > IP addresses or names which can be resolved by DNS, unicorn:~$ man ethers No manual entry for ethers What man page are you reading? Is /etc/ethers on your system a file, or a directory? What does "dpkg -S /etc/ethers" (or one of the files, if it's a directory containing files) say it came from?
