Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:32:12 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Sandra Kachelmann <s.kachelmann@googlemail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is hostuuid, hostid (for)? Message-ID: <20080725153212.GA26601@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <91b92520807250726l41619be9k89689c113d2e3c9e@mail.gmail.com> References: <91b92520807250726l41619be9k89689c113d2e3c9e@mail.gmail.com>
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--cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 04:26:21PM +0200, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > I just setup a new server with 7.0-RELEASE and saw the following lines > for the fist time when booting the system: >=20 > Setting hostuuid: 2231232f-4000-aaaa-2333-aafbb88a88ca. > Setting hostid: 0x89e3310b. >=20 > What exactly are those for? Is it a unique string based on my hardware > based on a certain component?=20 See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID and /etc/rc.d/hostid. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiJ8fwACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXCxwCgr4o5y/iNf+cqNwdo3SMxWUnu naAAn2EFtWCi5b3z1XrDic8ymwNSRR/V =e2ai -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e--
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