Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 18:58:15 +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > > > I am wondering if there is any sane way to get a unique ID for a system. > > That means both hardware- and Xen-based. > > > Of course, I could try to mangle all this into an ID, but that process > > is error-prone. Maybe there is any tool which can achieve this? > > hostid - contained in the coreutils package.
Corollary, it recommends that hostid is best documented in info. What is the Debian package that offers hostid info pages? I ought to know this by now but this sort of thing has been bugging me for a while. Thanks. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
