1.\" 2.\" CDDL HEADER START 3.\" 4.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the 5.\" Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). 6.\" You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7.\" 8.\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE 9.\" or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. 10.\" See the License for the specific language governing permissions 11.\" and limitations under the License. 12.\" 13.\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each 14.\" file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. 15.\" If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the 16.\" fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying 17.\" information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] 18.\" 19.\" CDDL HEADER END 20.\" 21.\" Copyright (c) 2017 by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. 22.\" 23.Dd May 26, 2021 24.Dt ZGENHOSTID 8 25.Os 26. 27.Sh NAME 28.Nm zgenhostid 29.Nd generate host ID into /etc/hostid 30.Sh SYNOPSIS 31.Nm 32.Op Fl f 33.Op Fl o Ar filename 34.Op Ar hostid 35. 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37Creates 38.Pa /etc/hostid 39file and stores the host ID in it. 40If 41.Ar hostid 42was provided, validate and store that value. 43Otherwise, randomly generate an ID. 44. 45.Sh OPTIONS 46.Bl -tag -width "-o filename" 47.It Fl h 48Display a summary of the command-line options. 49.It Fl f 50Allow output overwrite. 51.It Fl o Ar filename 52Write to 53.Pa filename 54instead of the default 55.Pa /etc/hostid . 56.It Ar hostid 57Specifies the value to be placed in 58.Pa /etc/hostid . 59It should be a number with a value between 1 and 2^32-1. 60If 61.Sy 0 , 62generate a random ID. 63This value 64.Em must 65be unique among your systems. 66It 67.Em must 68be an 8-digit-long hexadecimal number, optionally prefixed by 69.Qq 0x . 70.El 71. 72.Sh FILES 73.Pa /etc/hostid 74. 75.Sh EXAMPLES 76.Bl -tag -width Bd 77.It Generate a random hostid and store it 78.Dl # Nm 79.It Record the libc-generated hostid in Pa /etc/hostid 80.Dl # Nm Qq $ Ns Pq Nm hostid 81.It Record a custom hostid Po Ar 0xdeadbeef Pc in Pa /etc/hostid 82.Dl # Nm Ar deadbeef 83.It Record a custom hostid Po Ar 0x01234567 Pc in Pa /tmp/hostid No and ovewrite the file if it exists 84.Dl # Nm Fl f o Ar /tmp/hostid 0x01234567 85.El 86. 87.Sh SEE ALSO 88.Xr genhostid 1 , 89.Xr hostid 1 , 90.Xr sethostid 3 , 91.Xr spl 4 92. 93.Sh HISTORY 94.Nm 95emulates the 96.Xr genhostid 1 97utility and is provided for use on systems which 98do not include the utility or do not provide the 99.Xr sethostid 3 100function. 101