Joost Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> [11-06-23 17:52]: > On Thursday 23 June 2011 04:49:57 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 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? > > > > Best regards, > > mcc > > I don't have that file on any of my machines, however, a quick google reveals > this may be related to dbus: > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2011-March/014188.html > > Maybe someone else can shed some more light on this? > > -- > Joost >
I dont like the idea of haveing something on my box, which make it identificable or unique ... thinking of the diskussion of the use and misuse of a CPU-ID. Reading /dev/urandom instead is more what it should be in my opinion, since that changes from boot to boot... Paranoia is your best friend.... ;-/ mcc
