/etc/hostid is a binary file

2026-03-31 19:59:47 +02:00 · 2026-03-31 19:59:47 +02:00 · 0c627bdc66
commit 0c627bdc66
parent 7ebf94cc23
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # Initialize /etc/hostid if it doesn't exist or is empty
 #
 if [ ! -f /etc/hostid -o "$(cat /etc/hostid 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]; then
-    hexdump -n 4 -e '"%02x"' /dev/urandom >/etc/hostid
+    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=4 count=1 of=/etc/hostid
 fi