>>>>> "Jens" == Jens B Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jens> Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH wrote:
>> These quation is not directly related to Debian but I dont
>> know where to ask it. So please, don't be angry about it ...
>>
>> I would like to know what is the hostid of a computer. Where
>> does it come from ?
Jens> Linux doesn't have a hostid. Sun workstations have a
Jens> hostid. It is a 32-bit number which is guaranteed to be
Jens> unique on a Sun and is contained in a EPROM on the
Jens> mainboard. Sun uses this number for various things (like
Jens> using it to create a licensing key when a license is for a
Jens> single-use, single-machine piece of software).
So what is libuuid.so?
$ ls -l $(locate uuid)
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 3 04:56 /lib/libuuid.so.1 ->
libuuid.so.1.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5716 Apr 29 14:31 /lib/libuuid.so.1.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614 Apr 29 14:31 /usr/include/uuid/uuid.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9874 Apr 29 14:31 /usr/lib/libuuid.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 3 04:56 /usr/lib/libuuid.so ->
../../lib/libuuid.so.1.1
/usr/include/uuid:
total 1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614 Apr 29 14:31 uuid.h
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Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg
Portland, OR USA
Debian GNU 1.3 Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133
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