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Hi all,

I'm involved in using one machine to install SCO unix on hot swappable
disks. In order to do this I need change the serial number of a machine
so that each machine can have a unique ID. The disk will then be
installed on a new machine and the serial number will identify the
machine with the serial ID.

What are the files that need to be "brand"ed in order to change the
serial number/activation key pairing ?
Tried files in /etc/perms plus /etc/perms/bundle to no avail.
Using "uname -X" to see current serial number - is this the correct
command?

I'd appreciate if someone could get back to me on this one ...

Thanks in advance ...

Ray Fallon

Address : Nortel Ireland Ltd.,
Galway, Ireland.

Ray,

Why don't you just run /etc/serialize <permsfile>.

        Usage:  /etc/serialize <permsfile>
        <permsfile> is the permissions file (e.g. /etc/perms/rtsmd)
        that contains a list of files to be serialized.

This is easier than running brand on the files contained in the 'ser=' line.

Chris Day - Level V Distribution Technical Support

We regulary use the serialize command.  The question, SCO has told
us that you can only run `serialize' once ever on a package.  Is
this true?  And if so, why?

Quote:Jerry Abramson writes:
> We regulary use the serialize command.  The question, SCO has told
> us that you can only run `serialize' once ever on a package.  Is
> this true?  And if so, why?

There is a known problem if /tmp/<product_name>.ser exists - basically
/etc/serialize will not prompt for a serialno/activation key, it will
use what it finds in this file. Solution is to check /tmp before
issuing this command.

Chris Day - Level V Distribution Technical Support