Q: hostid

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• Subject: Q: hostid
• From: mgaluza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mike Galuza)
• Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 15:28:32 EST
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• Sender: alpha-osf-managers-relay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I need access to some sort of system ID for a program I am writing.
On other UNIX systems we use hostid or sysinfo(SI_HW_SERIAL,..), but
these both return 0 under DU V3.2c and V4.0.  On PC based OS's we usually 
get the serial number of the hard drive via various system calls.  I
can't seem to find a way to do that under DU.  Anyone know how I can do
this?  Or any other ideas of a system unique number that cannot be
changed by the user that I could access?

Thanks in advance.
I will summarize.

Mike

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