Anno domini 2022 Mon, 21 Feb 18:08:20 +0000
Arnt Karlsen scripsit:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:44:12 -0300, Gastón wrote in message
> <20220218054412.GA5165@???>:
>
> > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 10:52:43PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 05:41:59PM -0800, Syeed Ali wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:25:05 -1000
> > > > Joel Roth via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 05:55:49PM -0700, Keith Christian via
> > > > > Dng wrote:
> > > > > > This describes the machine ID:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/machine-id.html
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > So a creation of the freedesktop folks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I like this quote:
> > > >
> > > > > It should be considered "confidential", and must not be exposed
> > > > > in untrusted environments,
> > > > > ...
> > >
> > > Just checked. On my pure devuan system,
> > > there is no /etc/machine-id filre,
> > > but there is a /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
> > >
> > > Should I worry?
>
> ..dunno, chk
> https://www.mail-archive.com/dng@lists.dyne.org/msg24726.html
>
> > I leave here the link to the thread with the discussion about
> > machine-id that occurred in this list in 2019
> >
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/dng@lists.dyne.org/msg24687.html
> >
> > In /etc/default/dbus you can set the IDTYPE to be a RANDOM value.
>
> ..thanks for the remainder, I had a feeling I had forgotten something
> of importance updating a wee spare ascii disk install to chimaera.

IMO it's set to RANDOM by default, at leaset it is on my machines. But I run daedalus.

Nik

>
> ..lost a coupla days worth of emails and command line history in my 1GB
> stopped dead disk, after getting distracted from backup-ing blue smoking
> the red and blue wiring off my other Precision M4400, crisy clear green
> monochrome at 1920x1200@60Hz didn't leave enough video memory for any X
> on any plug-in screen, all the while while the consoles were annoyingly
> consoling. ;oD
>



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