[NTLUG:Discuss] Host ID

[Fred James]

'hostid' is implemented in RedHat 7.1 as well - never thought to look at 
my earlier versions, so I cannot tell about that.  I have seen something 
similar on SGI (sysinfo).

My mind too, jump straight to 'hostname', and 'ifconfig' - stuff like that.


Alton R. Pouncey, II wrote:

> Are you looking to get the MAC address of the NIC card or the
> motherboard?  Since this hardware can vary widely between x86 systems, I
> don't know that you can get that information.  
> 
> Alton R. Pouncey, II
> SCSA, SCNA, CCNA, CIW Professional
> Director of Information Services
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> On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 14:00, Daphne Martindell wrote:
> 
>>  Does anyone knows of the linux command to get
>>the host id?  You can type "hostid" in Solaris
>>to get the host id.  The command "hostid"
>>does not work on linux.
>>
>>  Anyone's input or comments are appreciated.
>>  Thank you.
>>
>>    - steve
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