[SunHELP] Where does OS get the hostid ona Intel machine?

[Edward Chase]

man hostname
or even linuxconf


At 11:36 AM 10/23/2001 -0400, Meng, Andrew wrote:
>Edward,
>
>Can I change the hostid in Linux to be the same as the Inter Solaris' one?
>Thanks!
>
>Andrew
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edward Chase [mailto:echase at postoffice.providence.edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:20 AM
>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Where does OS get the hostid ona Intel machine?
>
>
>The hostname is part of the OS configuration.  If you dual boot the machine
>one OS could refer to the machine as one name, the other OS could refer to
>the machine as another name.
>
>DHCP and DNS will present it's own issues if you want to use different
>names.
>
>
>At 10:44 AM 10/23/2001 -0400, Meng, Andrew wrote:
> >Hi there,
> >
> >Can anyone tell me where OS get the hostid for Intel Solaris machine? If I
> >install Linux on the same intel machine, do I get the same hostid. The
> >reason that I am asking is that some software license is linked to the
> >hostid.
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Andrew
>
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