    NAME
         host_aliases - Sun Grid Engine host aliases file format

    DESCRIPTION
         All Sun Grid Engine components use a hostname resolving ser-
         vice provided by the communication library to identify hosts
         via a unique  hostname.  The  communication  library  itself
         references standard UNIX directory services such as DNS, NIS
         and /etc/hosts to resolve hostnames.  In  rare  cases  these
         standard  services  cannot  be  setup  cleanly  and Sun Grid
         Engine communication daemons running on different hosts  are
         unable  to automatically determine a unique hostname for one
         or all hosts which can be used on all hosts. In such  situa-
         tions  a  Sun  Grid  Engine host aliases file can be used to
         provide the communication daemons with a  private  and  con-
         sistent hostname resolution database.

         The   location   for    the    host    aliases    file    is
         <sge_root>/<cell>/common/host_aliases.

    FORMAT
         For each host a single line must be provided with  a  blank,
         comma  or  semicolon separated list of hostname aliases. The
         first alias is defined to be the unique hostname which  will
         be used by all Sun Grid Engine components using the hostname
         aliasing service of the communication library.

    SEE ALSO
         sge_intro(1),

    COPYRIGHT
         See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and  permis-
         sions.