The
eui64
database contains information regarding known IEEE EUI-64s of hosts.
The data is stored in a file called
/etc/eui64
in the following format:
EUI-64 host-name
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters.
A
‘#’
at the start of a line indicates the
beginning of a comment that extends to the end of the line.
Valid lines may also contain comments.
A
‘+’
at the start of a line will cause the
eui64(3)
library functions to use data stored in the
NIS
eui64.byname
and
eui64.byid
maps in addition to the data in the
/etc/eui64
file.
An EUI-64 is expressed in
ASCII
form as
"x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x"
where
x
is a hexadecimal value between 0x00 and 0xFF.
The address values
should be in network order.
Hostnames specified in the
/etc/eui64
database should correspond to entries in the
hosts(5)
file.
