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- From: kraemerf@franvm3.VNET.IBM.COM (Frank Kraemer)
- Message-ID: <19921218.012354.72@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 10:23:08 CET
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re. hostid under AIX
- Reply-To: kraemerf@franvm3.VNET.IBM.COM
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- mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Mathew BM LIM) writes:
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- >I'm need to find a method for "liscencing" software on an AIX system. On
- >a Sun I would use hostid to get a unique identifier for the machine I'm on.
- >Under AIX, hostid seems to be made from the system's hostname, IP address
- >or just a random hex number, so it's easy for someone with root access to
- >bypass any access restriction scheme based on hostid.
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- try '# uname -m' the output is a unique number for every AIX CPU system;
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- IBM offers a tool to do liscencing - ever heard of RLM (Resouce License
- Manager) this tool is also known as HP/Apollo NetLS and was selected from
- OSF as part of DME (Distributed Management Environment).
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- frank :-)
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