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* Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/machine-id ???
  @ 2011-06-23 10:50 99%     ` Philip Webb
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From: Philip Webb @ 2011-06-23 10:50 UTC (permalink / raw
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110623 justin wrote:
> On Thursday 23 Jun 2011 03:49:57 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>> I found a file /etc/machine-id on my linux box.
>> I did a qfile for this and nothing was found.
>> What purpose is that file and can I delete it without problems?
> dbus is creating this file during installation.
> http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/machine-id.html
 
Yes, mine dates from beginning installation of Gentoo on this box :

  root:506 etc> ls -l machine-id 
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Oct 24  2007 machine-id

-- 
========================,,============================================
SUPPORT     ___________//___,   Philip Webb
ELECTRIC   /] [] [] [] [] []|   Cities Centre, University of Toronto
TRANSIT    `-O----------O---'   purslowatchassdotutorontodotca




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