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DECNET.CONF(5) File Formats Manual DECNET.CONF(5)

NAME

/etc/decnet.conf - DECnet hosts file

DESCRIPTION

/etc/decnet.conf is an ASCII file which contains the description of the executor node and other DECnet nodes you plan to communicate with.

There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:

Type Address Name_tag Nodename Line_tag Device

The field descriptions are:

Type
the type of node. The local node uses "executor". Remote nodes use "node"
Address
the DECnet address.
Name_tag
the constant string "name".
Line_tag
the constant string "line". There must be only one line specified for the executor node.
Device
the name of the Ethernet card for DECnet operations. (Usually "eth0").

EXAMPLE


#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
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