[systemd-devel] hostnamectl question

[Vasiliy Tolstov]

2014-06-17 10:32 GMT+04:00 Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>:
> Boot ID is *always* generated by the kernel on every boot and not
> stored anywhere, only available from sysctl.
>
> Machine ID is usually static -- generated once after installation, and
> stored in /etc/machine-id. It only changes on diskless systems or if
> /etc is unwritable for some other reason. (systemd can get the machine
> ID from /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid, but only does so on qemu-kvm
> VMs.)


Thanks!

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