HOSTNAME(7) - Miscellaneous Information Manual # HOSTNAME(7) - Miscellaneous Information Manual
NAME # hostname - host name resolution description
DESCRIPTION # Hostnames are domains, where a domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated list of subdomains; for example, the machine monet, in the Berkeley subdomain of the EDU subdomain of the Internet would be represented as
monet.Berkeley.EDU (with no trailing dot).
Hostnames are often used with network client and server programs, which must generally translate the name to an address for use.
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HOSTS(5) - File Formats Manual # HOSTS(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # hosts - host and network name database
DESCRIPTION # The hosts file associates names and IP addresses. Each line has the following format:
Internet address Host or network name Aliases Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A ‘#’ indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
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RESOLV.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # RESOLV.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # resolv.conf - resolver configuration files
DESCRIPTION # The resolv.conf file specifies how the resolver routines in the C library (which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System) should operate. The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process. If the resolv.conf file does not exist, only the local host file /etc/hosts will be consulted, i.
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ROUTE(8) - System Manager’s Manual # ROUTE(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # route - manually manipulate the routing tables
SYNOPSIS # route [-dnqtv] [-T rtable] command [[modifier …] arg …]
DESCRIPTION # At system start, routing tables are initialised and configured by netstart(8). The route utility can be used to view or manually manipulate the network routing tables. Only the superuser may modify the routing tables.
The options are as follows:
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