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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