On 08/03/19 at 23:58, KatolaZ wrote: > Dear D1rs, > > following the discussion about /var/lib/dbus/machine-id, you find a > new version of dbus in unstable and beowulf. The new version is > 1.12.12-1+devuan2, and it should hit pkgmaster in the next 10 minutes. > > I have added a variable "IDTYPE" in /etc/default/dbus which is set by > default to "RANDOM". This will result in /var/lib/dbus/machine-id > being re-generated at boot time (and only at boot time). If IDTYPE is > set to anything else, /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is preserved across > subsequent boots. In this way, the sysadmin can choose to have the > dbus machine-id persist across boots, if they like, but the default > beaviour will be to have it re-generated at each boot. > > Please test it out and report any issue. There is an open bug (#304) > on bugs.devuan.org. Use that one for comments/updates please.
Goor. My /var/lib/dbus/machine-id dates Sept., I'll report shall it not change next reboot. > Regarding /etc/machine-id: it looks like it is installed only by > systemd, so any devuan installation which originally was a Debian > might probably have it. My guess is that it should be possible to > remove it altogether. If any application wants it (somebody mentioned > chromium) you could replace it with a symlink to > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id. > > I guess replacing /etc/machine-id every 10 minutes to avoid chromium > tracking you is not particularly smart: I am pretty sure chromium > would just read it when it starts, and then keep it in RAM, so you > might need to restart chromium every 10 minutes as well. Plus, I would not make it evident to programs that my machine-id value is bogus. I'd let them believe it's a good one across the session. Bye, -- Alessandro Selli <[email protected]> VOIP SIP: [email protected] Chiave firma e cifratura PGP/GPG signing and encoding key: BA651E4050DDFC31E17384BABCE7BD1A1B0DF2AE
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