NAME

hostid − set or print identifier of current host system

SYNOPSIS

hostid [ identifier ]

DESCRIPTION

The hostid command prints the identifier of the current host in hexadecimal.  The value returned will be 0 unless initialized at boot time or by the super-user.  The system administrator can set the host ID in a script added to the /etc/rc3.d directory by calling hostid with the host name as a parameter. 

SEE ALSO

gethostid(3I). 
 

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