My licensed software fails because the host ID is 0. Whats wrong?
Intel processor machines don’t have an IDPROM, so Sun generates a serial number, hostid command or sysinfo()’s SI_HW_SERIAL, pseudo-randomly during installation. The number is stored in /kernel/misc/sysinit, whose only function, it appears, is to provide the serial number. If serialization information is tampered or sysinit fails to load, the host ID will be 0. If you reinstall Solaris, sysinit will be regenerated and your host ID will change. So be careful about reinstalling Solaris if you have licensed software that depends on your host ID. Backup your sysinit file. To preserve the same ID (and therefore licenses), copy file /kernel/misc/sysinit to the replacement system. I understand the Sun Workshop/Sun ONE compiler manual says this is allowed twice per calendar year (please verify this yourself). For more information, see the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ, available at http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html and elsewhere. This also has tools to fake hostids.
Intel processor machines don’t have an IDPROM, so Sun generates a serial number, hostid command or sysinfo()’s SI_HW_SERIAL, pseudo-randomly during installation. The number is stored in /kernel/misc/sysinit, whose only function, it appears, is to provide the serial number. If serialization information is tampered or sysinit fails to load, the host ID will be 0. If you reinstall Solaris, sysinit will be regenerated and your host ID will change. So be careful about reinstalling Solaris if you have licensed software that depends on your host ID. Backup your sysinit file. To preserve the same ID (and therefore licenses), copy file /kernel/misc/sysinit to the replacement system. I understand the Sun Workshop Manual says this is allowed twice per calendar year (please verify this yourself). For more information, see the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ, available at http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html and elsewhere. This also has tools to fake hostids.
> > Intel processor machines don’t have an IDPROM, so Sun generates a serial > number, hostid command or sysinfo()’s SI_HW_SERIAL, pseudo-randomly during > installation. The number is stored in /kernel/misc/sysinit, whose only > function, it appears, is to provide the serial number. If serialization > information is tampered or sysinit fails to load, the host ID will be > 0. If you reinstall Solaris, sysinit will be regenerated and your host ID > will change. So be careful about reinstalling Solaris if you have licensed > software that depends on your host ID. Backup your sysinit file. > > To preserve the same ID (and therefore licenses), copy file > /kernel/misc/sysinit to the replacement system. I understand the Sun > Workshop Manual says this is allowed twice per calendar year (please > verify this yourself). > > For more information, see the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ, available at > http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html and > elsewhere. This also has tools to fake h
Intel processor machines don’t have an IDPROM, so Sun generates a serial number, hostid command or sysinfo()’s SI_HW_SERIAL, pseudo-randomly during installation. The number is stored in /kernel/misc/sysinit, whose only function, it appears, is to provide the serial number. If serialization information is tampered or sysinit fails to load, the host ID will be 0. If you reinstall Solaris, sysinit will be regenerated and your host ID will change. So be careful about reinstalling Solaris if you have licensed software that depends on your host ID. Backup your sysinit file. To preserve the same ID (and therefore licenses), copy file /kernel/misc/sysinit to the replacement system. I understand the Sun Workshop Manual says this is allowed twice per calendar year (please verify this yourself). For more information, see the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ, available at http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html and elsewhere. This also has tools to fake hostids. -David On Tue, 23 Oct 2001,
