Autore: marc Data: To: dng Oggetto: Re: [DNG] new freedesktop "standard": /etc/machine-id
> > So you are correct that gethostid has been around for a while, > > but this call returns a 32bit number, typically the IP.
>
> ?? No, it returns a value that's unique to the local machine even if it
> was not configured on any network.?? Plus, the IP can change, but the
> hostid is supposed to be static.?? The Unix hostid was developed in order
> to uniquely identify a machine regardless of where in the Internet it
> is.?? What you described is the gethostbyname syscall.
Maybe your system is different to mine, but try compiling the below
and find out for yourself: