Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!awdprime!greenber.austin.ibm.com!jfh
From: jfh@greenber.austin.ibm.com (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Unique ID for a RS6000 Host.
Message-ID: <4785@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 91 23:13:33 GMT
References: <2230@cybaswan.UUCP>
Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP
Organization: Obfuscated Features "R" Us, LCC Austin
Lines: 13

In article <2230@cybaswan.UUCP> csko@cybaswan.UUCP (y w ko) writes:
>	On SUN's, there is a system call "gethostid" which does just that. 
>It returns an id. no. which is picked up from the CPU board and is unique 
>across all SUN hardware.
>	Now, does anyone know if there is an equivalent on an RS6000?

The uname() system call returns a (struct utsname *) filled in with
information about the system.  One of the members in that structure,
machine, contains the machine serial number.
-- 
John F. Haugh II      |      I've Been Moved     |    MaBellNet: (512) 838-4340
SneakerNet: 809/1D064 |          AGAIN !         |      VNET: LCCB386 at AUSVMQ
BangNet: ..!cs.utexas.edu!ibmchs!auschs!snowball.austin.ibm.com!jfh (e-i-e-i-o)