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[Fabien Chaudier <fabien.chaudier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For example, i have the following adresse 134.214.141.188 Now, in hexa is 
86.d6.8d.bc
The host ID is : 0xd686bc8d
I tried to explain :
From the left, the fourth byte is permuted with the third byte
From the right, the first byte is permuted with the second byte

The name of the  NIC of all ghosted pcs had eth1 or eth2.
Maple ask eth0
I modify /etc/udev/rules.d/30-net_persistent_names.rules to have eth0

Now I can install Maple 10 !!!

Thank in all people who help me.

Sorry for my english

Le vendredi 6 octobre 2006 12:15, Dave Howorth a écrit :
> Paul Abrahams wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, what use does the hostid have?
>
> It was originally *THE* hardware ID for a machine. Globally unique,
> hardwired into the machine. MAC addresses have largely taken over this
> function now nearly every machine has a network interface.
>
> It was used for any purpose in the system that required a unique
> address. This included various software packages that wanted to lock
> licences to particular machines.
>
> Over time, it became possible to change hostids, because it can simplify
> replacing a failed machine, for example, in the same way it became
> possible to change MAC addresses.
>
> It's use by the system has gone away, so it's now just used by some
> dinosoar software licensing systems. Some include their own programs to
> generate a suitable ID.
>
> Cheers, Dave

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