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From: lowell@epilogue.com (Lowell Gilbert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: standalone PC and hostid
Date: 15 May 1996 16:03:31 GMT
Organization: Epilogue Technology Corp., Wakefield Mass., USA
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Message-ID: <LOWELL.96May15120332@kehleyr.epilogue.com>
References: <4n7m12$rua@fu-berlin.de> <31978133.1A22CDA8@lambert.org>
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In-reply-to: Terry Lambert's message of Mon, 13 May 1996 11:36:35 -0700
In article <31978133.1A22CDA8@lambert.org>,
Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
I believe the hostid is derived from the IP address. This makes
sense, since it is generally only used in a networking environment
for things like floating license managers.
Actually, as of 2.1.0-RELEASE (I haven't checked anything more recent),
hostid is always zero. Since I use hostid in some test code I write, I
have a line in my rc.local file to stick my IP address into 'kern.hostid'.
I will leave it to others to debate whether this should be default
behaviour in the way that Terry seems to think that it is.
Be well.
Lowell