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Re: [cobalt-developers] Serial-Number of RaQ XTR



Hi Bruce,

your're right, i am root, when i try that. I always get :

 (invalid csum)  

It's funny isn't it?

Yours
	Jan*

Am Dienstag,  7. Mai 2002 10:53 schrieben Sie:
> > on a RaQ4x i do:
> >
> > cmos -c serialnum
> >
> > that's it, but it doesn't seem to work on XTR.
>
> Works on my XTR. Remember, you should always be typing "su -" when
> becoming root from your login as admin, to ensure root's search paths
> etc get set properly.  /usr/sbin isn't in admin's search path by
> default; that's why you can't find it by just typing "cmos"...
>
> You need root privs to run this utility, as you can read _and_ write
> information (euid=0 to read, uid=0 to write) from/to ROM with this tool.
> Potentially dangerous! :)
>
> --
> Bruce Timberlake
> Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
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