Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:29:14 +0200 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unique machine identifier for nfsv4 client Message-ID: <20090330152914.GW73108@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903301057020.13442@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903301057020.13442@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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--1gsfN/+pS0/2Ta7u Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > An nfsv4 client needs a unique identifier that is persistent across > reboots. My code currently uses the MAC address of the first net > interface that it can find that has an Ethernet style MAC. Don't we generate a unique uuid on startup? It is stored in the kern.hostuuid sysctl. --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --1gsfN/+pS0/2Ta7u Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknQ5UoACgkQ52SDGA2eCwUVQwCaA2LVsBYcWNAP8NFpSV+7EKpD p40An0eSPu+48lVyAAv3IJdJC/VZ0E9h =Ge1Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1gsfN/+pS0/2Ta7u--
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