retrieve serial number of box to set as hostname

[isalinas]

Does anyone know how i can retrieve the serialn number of my cpu and set it as my hostname for my knoppix cd?

[EL Henry]

Hello ---

I believe you can only do that on Coppermine Intel.

[huhl]

Or perhaps tie the box's identity to the NIC's MAC address. If there is more than one NIC, use any, all, or lowest/highest.

If use all:

If the group of MAC's is an already know group, then box ID matches the group.

If there is a new MAC(s) not otherwise known, just add it to the group.

If a MAC is missing, seek group on what is known.

If MACs from multiple groups are present as user to select group/ID

[probono]

You can get the MAC address with:

ifconfig eth0 | grep Ethernet

You can set the hostname with:

hostname whatevernameyouwant