.TH DECNET.CONF 5 "24 July 1998"  "DECnet for Linux"
.SH NAME
/etc/decnet.conf \- DECnet hosts file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B /etc/decnet.conf
is an ASCII file which contains the description of the executor node
and other DECnet nodes you plan to communicate with.
.PP
There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:
.sp
.RS
Type Address Name_tag Nodename Line_tag Device
.RE
.sp
The field descriptions are:
.sp
.RS
.TP 1.0in
.I Type
the type of node. The local node uses "executor". Remote nodes use "node"
.TP
.I Address
the DECnet address.
.TP
.I Name_tag
the constant string "name".
.TP
.I Line_tag
the constant string "line". There must be only one line specified for the
executor node.
.TP
.I Device
the name of the Ethernet card for DECnet operations. (Usually "eth0").
.TP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
.ft CW
.in +3n
#Node     Node     Name  Node    Line  Line
#Type     Address  Tag   Name    Tag   Device
#----     -------  ----  ----    ----  ----------
executor  1.2      name  pclnx   line  eth0
node      1.1      name  mv3100
node      1.5      name  pc386
.ft