-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Merrill Oveson wrote: > Is the serial number of the motherboard unique? > > I need a way to uniquely identify a computer (PC) from all other computers > (PCs) in the world. > > I thought about using MAC address - but what if the computer doesn't have a > network card? > > Then I thought all computers must have a motherboard - so why not use the > serial number from it? > > Good idea, or is there something better?
How about using: dmidecode -s system-uuid Frank - -- Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK Linux Systems Engineer, DSS Engineering, UBS AG [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoKSv4ACgkQaI0dwg4A47x+PwCbBLNZZ1NKKlSOol76J0JmR99K A2EAn1a3DT4BlS9gcd73PnK7aS7a0cln =mRb4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
