OWNERSHIP(8) System Manager's Manual OWNERSHIP(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

ownership - Compaq ownership tag retriever

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**ownership** \[*OPTIONS*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**ownership** retrieves and prints the "ownership tag" that can be set on Compaq computers. Contrary to all other programs of the **dmidecode** package, **ownership** doesn't print any version information, nor labels, but only the raw ownership tag. This should help its integration in scripts.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-d**, **--dev-mem *FILE***](#d)

Read memory from device *FILE* (default: */dev/mem*)

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Display usage information and exit

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Display the version and exit

# [FILES](#FILES)

*/dev/mem*

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Jean Delvare

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**biosdecode**(8)](/man/os/dmidecode/biosdecode.8), [**dmidecode**(8)](/man/os/dmidecode/dmidecode.8), [**mem**(4)](/man/os/dmidecode/mem.4), [**vpddecode**(8)](/man/os/dmidecode/vpddecode.8)

February 2005 dmidecode

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Document: ownership(8) from dmidecode 3.7-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/dmidecode.git