[NTLUG:Discuss] Host ID

[Justin M. Forbes]

I get the same hostid on 4 of my machines.  I would guess it is a linux 
wide number that is just there for compatability with existing software 
which requires hostid for key generation (I.E. Veritas products are all 
licensed via hostid).

Justin


Fred James wrote:

> Well, actually I'm not sure what good that is since I get exactly that 
> same number on each of two Linux machines here (i.e., between us so 
> far we have three machines with the same hostid number).  But, maybe 
> someone else has a better idea.
>
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> Richard Geoffrion wrote:
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>> Slackware 8.0 also supports hostid.  So now what do I do with '7f0100'??
>>
>> -R
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bug Hunter" <bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net>
>> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 3:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Host ID
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>>>  also redhat 6.2
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>>> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Fred James wrote:
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>>>> '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.
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