> Anno domini 2019 Fri, 8 Mar 10:45:04 -0600 > Nate Bargmann scripsit:
>> * On 2019 08 Mar 08:00 -0600, KatolaZ wrote: >>> and, IIRC, also /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is re-generated at boot >>> time. But we need to double-check. >> Not on this Debian Buster machine. Both /var/lib/dbus/machine-id and >> /etc/machine-id have a date/time consistent with the initial system >> installation back in October. The machine has been rebooted a number of >> times since. I've not tried moving either and seeing what happens on >> the next system restart. > Hm ... same here: > nik@t61:~$ ll /var/lib/dbus/machine-id > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Sep 15 2015 /var/lib/dbus/machine-id > nik@t61:~$ ll /etc/machine-id > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 33 Sep 15 2015 /etc/machine-id > nik@t61:~$ > 2015 ... that was jessie, when this computer was set up ... I have it here on my Gentoo install - and /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is a symlink to it. It's basically the same length as a MD5SUM - why not just standardize on the MD5SUM of an empty 0-byte file ( d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e ) and tell them to take a running leap from the ISS? _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
