110623 justin wrote: > On Thursday 23 Jun 2011 03:49:57 meino.cra...@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
