Tim Sailer wrote: > > In your email to me, Jens B. Jorgensen, you wrote: > > > > 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 ? > > > > Linux doesn't have a hostid. Sun workstations have a hostid. It is a > > 32-bit number which is guaranteed to be unique on a Sun and is contained > > in a EPROM on the mainboard. Sun uses this number for various things > > (like using it to create a licensing key when a license is for a > > single-use, single-machine piece of software). > > Umm.... > > llug:~> uname -a > Linux llug 2.0.30 #2 Sun May 18 00:47:52 EDT 1997 i586 unknown > llug:~> hostid > 0xc782f032 > llug:~> >
So there is a debian command for it! Well, it doesn't come from hardware in linux and isn't guaranteed to be unique, which is what this number was intended to do. I believe DCE needs some number like this. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
