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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: RCP
Message-ID: <237@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 23:46:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 12 23:46:53 1986
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Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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The 4.2 hostid works perfectly well as a machine ID.  You can set it
arbitrarily; using it as an Internet ID is only a convenience.  We
were running 4.2 for about a year with a hostid of 0 on each machine....
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In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 1415)
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