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1.1 root 1: .TH HOSTID 1 "1 April 1983"
2: .UC 4
3: .SH NAME
4: hostid \- set or print identifier of current host system
5: .SH SYNOPSIS
6: .B hostid
7: [ identifier ]
8: .SH DESCRIPTION
9: The
10: .I hostid
11: command prints the identifier of the current host in hexadecimal.
12: This numeric value is expected to be unique across all hosts and
13: is normally set to the host's Internet address.
14: The super-user can set the hostid by giving a hexadecimal
15: argument; this is usually done in the startup script /etc/rc.local.
16: .SH SEE ALSO
17: gethostid(2), sethostid(2)
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