On 2008-02-21 14:39, Alex wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any API to collect some unique IDs (such as CPU id, harddisk id,
> SKU, etc) from the system w/o running the final software as root?
>
> I've looked into dmidecode.c but it is unable to read /dev/mem without the
> root account. Going further, demicode cannot be run even if the user is
> added to the kmem group. Is there anyway to get past this? I am using
> Ubuntu 7.10
>
> Thanks and best rgds,
> Alex
>
>

Maybe you have something useful in mind, but every time I had heard this
question, it come from someone that just don't get the idea with free or
open software, and will figure out a way to "protect" their software,
and is trying to figure out a way to make a program that refuse to work
when copied, and will be a big problems for the few customers one day
when then replace a machine and you are gone and forgotten.

/bb