Re: hostid
Joey Hess writes: > Accordint to the man page, it's based on IP address. And this is supposed to make it unique? Somehow I suspect that mine is not the only machine with IP 192.168.1. /home/john hostid -v Hostid is 8323328 (0x7f0100) John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
What package is it in? -- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.3 Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >Joey Hess writes: >> Accordint to the man page, it's based on IP address. > >And this is supposed to make it unique? Somehow I suspect that mine is not >the only machine with IP 192.168.1. RTFM?! The man page says that hostid is _normally_ set to resemble the host's internet address; it can be set by the superuser to any value. >From the point of view of a vendor wanting to secure a software licence, it's not much good! -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://homepages.enterprise.net/olly In case of connection troubles, try [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
Tim Sailer: > I'll have to look at the source to see what it actually does. I have yet > to see a dupe. Accordint to the man page, it's based on IP address. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
In your email to me, Jens B. Jorgensen, you wrote: > > > > 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. I'll have to look at the source to see what it actually does. I have yet to see a dupe. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "It's almost impossible to overestimate the unimportance of most things." -- John Logue ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
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] .
Re: hostid
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Tim Sailer wrote: > I'll have to look at the source to see what it actually does. I have yet > to see a dupe. It's probably based off the MAC address, and therefore probably is unique. -douglas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
> "Jens" == Jens B Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jens> 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 ? Jens> Linux doesn't have a hostid. Sun workstations have a Jens> hostid. It is a 32-bit number which is guaranteed to be Jens> unique on a Sun and is contained in a EPROM on the Jens> mainboard. Sun uses this number for various things (like Jens> using it to create a licensing key when a license is for a Jens> single-use, single-machine piece of software). So what is libuuid.so? $ ls -l $(locate uuid) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 3 04:56 /lib/libuuid.so.1 -> libuuid.so.1.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5716 Apr 29 14:31 /lib/libuuid.so.1.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614 Apr 29 14:31 /usr/include/uuid/uuid.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9874 Apr 29 14:31 /usr/lib/libuuid.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 3 04:56 /usr/lib/libuuid.so -> ../../lib/libuuid.so.1.1 /usr/include/uuid: total 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614 Apr 29 14:31 uuid.h -- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.3 Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
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:~> Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "Great successes are built on taking your negatives and turning them around." -- Sumner Redstone ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: hostid
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). -- 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] .
