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Article #1242

Re: Change HostID - How ??

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From: Robert La Ferla
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:42
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Why do you need to change the hostid?  Why would you want to change the hostid?

Inquiring minds want to know...

-r


In article <1992Aug18.153253.3473@midway.uchicago.edu>  
eer1@midway.uchicago.edu(Paul Woods) writes:
> Hi -
> 
>  Last week I posted to .sysadmin and I received a couple of responses to the  
> following question (none of them were detailed enough).  The HostID on a NeXT  
> can be changed ( At least that is what I have been told ) and I need to be  
able  
> to change it on several of my NeXT's.  HOW DO I PATCH THE OS SO THAT IT WILL  
> ALLOW ME TO CHANGE THE HOSTID.  I am not a programmer (not really anyway) so  
> please keep it on a very simple level.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul-
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From: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com (Robert La Ferla)
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Subject: Re: Change HostID - How ??
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Date: 20 Aug 92 14:42:52 GMT
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