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110623 justin wrote: |
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> On Thursday 23 Jun 2011 03:49:57 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> I found a file /etc/machine-id on my linux box. |
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>> I did a qfile for this and nothing was found. |
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>> What purpose is that file and can I delete it without problems? |
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> dbus is creating this file during installation. |
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> http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/machine-id.html |
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Yes, mine dates from beginning installation of Gentoo on this box : |
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root:506 etc> ls -l machine-id |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Oct 24 2007 machine-id |
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