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.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)hostid.1	6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH HOSTID 1 ""
.UC 5
.SH NAME
hostid \- set or print identifier of current host system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hostid
[ identifier ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I 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.
The super-user can set the hostid by giving a hexadecimal
argument or the hostname;
this is usually done in the startup script /etc/rc.local.
.SH SEE ALSO
gethostid(2), sethostid(2)
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83513774 KM	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
	2	.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
	3	.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
	4	.\"
192cc2dd	5	.\" @(#)hostid.1 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
83513774	6	.\"
f5745cb2	7	.TH HOSTID 1 ""
83513774 KM	8	.UC 5
	9	.SH NAME
	10	hostid \- set or print identifier of current host system
	11	.SH SYNOPSIS
	12	.B hostid
	13	[ identifier ]
	14	.SH DESCRIPTION
	15	The
	16	.I hostid
	17	command prints the identifier of the current host in hexadecimal.
	18	This numeric value is expected to be unique across all hosts and
192cc2dd	19	is commonly set to the host's Internet address.
83513774	20	The super-user can set the hostid by giving a hexadecimal
192cc2dd JB	21	argument or the hostname;
192cc2dd JB	22	this is usually done in the startup script /etc/rc.local.
83513774 KM	23	.SH SEE ALSO
83513774 KM	24	gethostid(2), sethostid(2)