Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!bunker!stpstn!aad From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Unique number generator? Message-ID: <2093@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 13 Sep 88 17:50:40 GMT References: <775@goofy.megatest.UUCP> <5412@csli.STANFORD.EDU> Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT Lines: 12 In article <5412@csli.STANFORD.EDU> gandalf@csli.stanford.edu (Juergen Wagner) writes: >Since the hostid is unique, and since there shouldn't be an upper limit to >those numbers, just use Don't all MicrovaxII's have the same hostid? -- @disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my employer, my GIGI, or my 11/34) beak is beak is not Anthony A. Datri,SysAdmin,StepstoneCorporation,stpstn!aad