.TH GENHOSTID 1 .SH NAME genhostid \- generate and set a hostid for the current host .SH SYNOPSIS .B genhostid .SH DESCRIPTION \fBgenhostid\fR generates a random hostid and stores it in /etc/hostid, if /etc/hostid does not already exist. .SH "SEE ALSO" hostid(1), gethostid(2), sethostid(2)