[Tfug] Looking for a unique identifier

[Bexley Hall]

--- jblais <joe.blais at pti-instruments.com> wrote:

> Hello -
> 
> I've used the Winders GUID that uniquely identifies
> a winders installation,
> to know what machine is running an application.
> 
> Does Linux have anything like that?
> 
> I was thinking of using the MAC address.  I can get
> it through system calls
> like ifconfig, but is there an "easy" way of getting
> it with C code?
> 
> Is there a more unique, or easier to get string or
> number that can identify
> a particular machine that an app might be running
> on?

Are you looking for a "nominal" solution or a
"bullet-proof" solution?  (i.e. how easy do you
want it to be for people to circumvent your
identification scheme?)

--don


       
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