On Sun, 2013-03-03 at 13:28 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I don't understand what machine-id is, but if it changes with something > (e.g. boot), then the entry in /etc should be a symlink to /var. If's > it's constant after creation (e.g. /etc/sshd/ keys), then the entry in > /var should be a symlink to /etc.
>From 'man 5 machine-id' on my Fedora box: The /etc/machine-id file contains the unique machine id of the local system that is set during installation... The machine ID is usually generated from a random source during system installation and stays constant for all subsequent boots. Optionally, for stateless systems it is generated during runtime at boot if it is found to be empty. As for what uses it, and why, I'm still not quite sure. BUt now I've got to figure out why an LFS build doesn't generate/install that man page! Pierre, r10187 should fix up the systemd install/post-install tagging. If there's anything else causing package management issues, just let me know, and I'll be happy to fix them up. Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
