[NTLUG:Discuss] Redhat9 - hostid doesn't work

[Steve Martindell]

I just installed Redhat9 and requested everything on
the CD(s).

When I type hostid it returns nothing!
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[stevem at x1-6-00-10-b5-3a-b3-22 ~]$ hostid
0
[stevem at x1-6-00-10-b5-3a-b3-22 ~]$ which hostid
/usr/bin/hostid
[stevem at x1-6-00-10-b5-3a-b3-22 ~]$ uname -a
Linux x1-6-00-10-b5-3a-b3-22 2.4.20-6 #1 Thu Feb 27 10:01:19 EST 2003 
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
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When I reboot same computer into SuSE hostid works properly.

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Also, the default path in Redhat doesn't have "compress/uncompress" !?
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[stevem at x1-6-00-10-b5-3a-b3-22 ~]$ uncompress
compress: Command not found.
[stevem at x1-6-00-10-b5-3a-b3-22 ~]$ echo $path
/usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R6/bin
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This makes it a little hard to install things!
What's the deal with Redhat?