topic Re: Changing machine identification number in Operating System - HP-UX

Changing machine identification number

Fedon Kadifeli — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 13:32:09 GMT

How can I PERMANENTLY change the machine identification number (wich can be displayed with the command "uname -i") on a specific machine and set it to a number of my choice?

Re: Changing machine identification number

CHRIS_ANORUO — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 13:42:12 GMT

That is not possible for you to do. It is a product identification mark for HP production to change only.

Re: Changing machine identification number

Sandor Horvath_2 — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 14:06:23 GMT

Hi !

It is internal by HP.
If You change the board the first start it ask You, but other case You need a special password for it.

Saa

Re: Changing machine identification number

paul courry — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 21:54:33 GMT

You can change it, but the last person who did is serving 14 years at a Federal Penitentiary. Granted, he changed a LOT of machine identification numbers and resold them, but HP FROWNS on the practice big time.

This is how they track whether the box is an HP9000 or HP3000, how many licenses you have purchased (VERY expensive on a HP3000), etc. This tracking number is cradle to grave through the HP contracts group. The gentleman in question took cheap HP9000's, changed this info and resold them as very expensive HP3000's.

Re: Changing machine identification number

Dan Hetzel — Wed, 03 Jan 2001 08:07:25 GMT

Hi Fedon,

Everything as been said, or nearly...

This is STRICTLY reserved to HP so don't even dream about it ;-)

Best regards,

Dan

Re: Changing machine identification number

Fedon Kadifeli — Wed, 03 Jan 2001 14:51:53 GMT

Thank you for your responses! I promise, I won't change the numbers :-)