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From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
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Subject: Re: Unique machine identifier for nfsv4 client
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* Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> An nfsv4 client needs a unique identifier that is persistent across
> reboots. My code currently uses the MAC address of the first net
> interface that it can find that has an Ethernet style MAC.

Don't we generate a unique uuid on startup? It is stored in the
kern.hostuuid sysctl.

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 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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