NAME

hostid − print identifier of current host system

SYNOPSIS

hostid [ identifier ]

DESCRIPTION

The hostid command prints the identifier of the current host in hexadecimal.  This numeric value is expected to be unique across all hosts and is commonly set to the host’s Internet address.  Unfortunately NEWS has its encrypted hostid on ROM.  Therefore, there is no way to change or modify it. 

SEE ALSO

gethostid(2)

NEWS-OSRelease 3.3