Uniquely Identify Machine

2011-09-05 Thread Gaurav Mahajan
Hi, I wan to recognize a particular machine uniquely. I would like to know which attribute of any machine can uniquely identify a particular machine. The machine may be a Virtual machine. Are BIOS information for machine are unique Is processor id is unique or we can form unique

Re: Uniquely Identify Machine

2011-09-05 Thread ajit mote
I would prefer to combine 2 different attribute from system details like MAC ADDR of any in-built interface with dmidecode output like system serial number or system UUID. //snippet from dmidecode System Information Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 2537CT1 Version:

Re: Uniquely Identify Machine

2011-09-05 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 02:07:35PM +0530, Gaurav Mahajan wrote:   I wan to recognize a particular machine uniquely. This can be done from userspace using the proper dbus api call. It's not a kernel issue. ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list