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- From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
- Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.141128.23593@tdb.uu.se>
- Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
- Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:11:28 GMT
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- Michael Trevor CUTTER (mtc@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
- : We are looking for a way to uniquely identify a Mac, probably one on a network,
- : but not necessarily. Is the serial number or similar available somewhere in the
- : ROMs or parameter RAM? (Highly unlikely, I know - specially since PRAM can be
- : reset)
- :
- : We are considering assigning each mac a unique chooser name then disabling the
- : Sharing Setup Control panel...this is the best solution so far.
- :
- : Any assistance would be wonderful.
-
- I also need to solve this problem for a program I'm writing. I've considered
- two possibilities:
-
- 1. If there's an ethernet card, use the ethernet address.
- 2. Use the creation date/time of the harddisk or system folder or something
- similar.
-
- This method will work as long as the user is not reconfiguring the system or
- reformating the harddisk. This is not a problem in my case, since it will
- "only" force the user to reconfigure the application in my case.
-
- /Mats
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- Mats Bredell Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
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