On Friday 24 June 2011 00:30:43 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > 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
"rm /etc/machine-id" right after the root-partition is remounted RW should solve that? :)
