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ZGENHOSTID
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NAME
zgenhostid
 - generate and store a hostid in
/etc/hostid
 
SYNOPSIS
[hostid
]
 
DESCRIPTION
If
/etc/hostid
does not exist, create it and store a hostid in it.  If the user provides
[hostid
]
on the command line, store that value.  Otherwise, randomly generate a
value to store.
This emulates the
genhostid(1)
utility and is provided for use on systems which do not include the utility.
 
OPTIONS
[hostid
]
Specifies the value to be placed in
/etc/hostid
 
It must be a number with a value between 1 and 2^32-1.  This value
must
be unique among your systems.  It must be expressed in hexadecimal and be
exactly 8 digits long.
 
EXAMPLES
- Generate a random hostid and store it
 - 
# zgenhostid
 - Record the libc-generated hostid in /etc/hostid
 - 
# zgenhostid $(hostid)
 - Record a custom hostid (0xdeadbeef) in etc/hostid
 - 
# zgenhostid deadbeef
 
 
SEE ALSO
genhostid(1),
hostid(1),
spl-module-parameters5
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