genhostid (1) - Linux Manuals

genhostid: generate and set a hostid for the current host

Command to display genhostid manual in Linux: $ man 1 genhostid

NAME

genhostid - generate and set a hostid for the current host

SYNOPSIS

genhostid

DESCRIPTION

genhostid generates a random hostid and stores it in /etc/hostid, if /etc/hostid does not already exist.

SEE ALSO

hostid(1), gethostid(2), sethostid(2)