Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:10:09 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: terry@lambert.org, wollman@lcs.mit.edu, jhs@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, commercial@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Licensing Software Message-ID: <199609260010.RAA07106@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199609252358.QAA07460@root.com> from "David Greenman" at Sep 25, 96 04:58:05 pm
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> >% man hostid > >GETHOSTID(3) UNIX Programmer's Manual GETHOSTID(3) > > Right, and you left out the good part: > > > BUGS > 32 bits for the identifier is too small. > > HISTORY > The gethostid() and sethostid() syscalls appeared in 4.2BSD and were > dropped in 4.4BSD. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Actually, that *is* a good part. It means that the interface used by ifconfig to get the network address really is the best choice for a unique system ID. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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