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198 lines
5.1 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1995
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.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 12, 1995
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.Dt ETHERS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ethers ,
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.Nm ether_line ,
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.Nm ether_aton ,
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.Nm ether_ntoa ,
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.Nm ether_ntohost ,
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.Nm ether_hostton
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.Nd Ethernet address conversion and lookup routines
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In sys/socket.h
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.In net/ethernet.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn ether_line "const char *l" "struct ether_addr *e" "char *hostname"
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.Ft struct ether_addr *
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.Fn ether_aton "const char *a"
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.Ft char *
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.Fn ether_ntoa "const struct ether_addr *n"
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.Ft int
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.Fn ether_ntohost "char *hostname" "const struct ether_addr *e"
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.Ft int
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.Fn ether_hostton "const char *hostname" "struct ether_addr *e"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions operate on ethernet addresses using an
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.Ar ether_addr
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structure, which is defined in the header file
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.Aq Pa netinet/if_ether.h :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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/*
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* The number of bytes in an ethernet (MAC) address.
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*/
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#define ETHER_ADDR_LEN 6
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/*
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* Structure of a 48-bit Ethernet address.
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*/
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struct ether_addr {
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u_char octet[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn ether_line
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scans
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.Ar l ,
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an
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.Tn ASCII
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string in
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.Xr ethers 5
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format and sets
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.Ar e
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to the ethernet address specified in the string and
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.Ar h
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to the hostname.
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This function is used to parse lines from
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.Pa /etc/ethers
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into their component parts.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn ether_aton
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function converts an
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.Tn ASCII
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representation of an ethernet address into an
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.Ar ether_addr
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structure.
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Likewise,
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.Fn ether_ntoa
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converts an ethernet address specified as an
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.Ar ether_addr
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structure into an
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.Tn ASCII
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string.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn ether_ntohost
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and
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.Fn ether_hostton
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functions map ethernet addresses to their corresponding hostnames
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as specified in the
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.Pa /etc/ethers
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database.
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.Fn ether_ntohost
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converts from ethernet address to hostname, and
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.Fn ether_hostton
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converts from hostname to ethernet address.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn ether_line
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returns zero on success and non-zero if it was unable to parse
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any part of the supplied line
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.Ar l .
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It returns the extracted ethernet address in the supplied
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.Ar ether_addr
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structure
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.Ar e
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and the hostname in the supplied string
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.Ar h .
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.Pp
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On success,
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.Fn ether_ntoa
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returns a pointer to a string containing an
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.Tn ASCII
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representation of an ethernet address.
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If it is unable to convert
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the supplied
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.Ar ether_addr
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structure, it returns a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer.
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Likewise,
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.Fn ether_aton
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returns a pointer to an
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.Ar ether_addr
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structure on success and a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer on failure.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn ether_ntohost
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and
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.Fn ether_hostton
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functions both return zero on success or non-zero if they were
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unable to find a match in the
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.Pa /etc/ethers
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database.
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.Sh NOTES
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The user must insure that the hostname strings passed to the
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.Fn ether_line ,
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.Fn ether_ntohost
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and
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.Fn ether_hostton
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functions are large enough to contain the returned hostnames.
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.Sh NIS INTERACTION
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If the
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.Pa /etc/ethers
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contains a line with a single + in it, the
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.Fn ether_ntohost
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and
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.Fn ether_hostton
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functions will attempt to consult the NIS
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.Pa ethers.byname
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and
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.Pa ethers.byaddr
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maps in addition to the data in the
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.Pa /etc/ethers
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file.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ethers 5 ,
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.Xr yp 8
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Fn ether_aton
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and
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.Fn ether_ntoa
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functions returns values that are stored in static memory areas
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which may be overwritten the next time they are called.
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.Sh HISTORY
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This particular implementation of the
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.Nm
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library functions were written for and first appeared in
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.Fx 2.1 .
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