X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmachine-id.xml;fp=man%2Fmachine-id.xml;h=b037e47c01f0ea71f21b72ef6cf34fa1db62df43;hb=409dee2e44e7dc73d6bf00d782938e4cb4105f5b;hp=d7a56cb54860f37b023dbf48dbec635d8d0fc6f3;hpb=337fa161c40f26cb7c33847d666556d28905b6a9;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/machine-id.xml b/man/machine-id.xml index d7a56cb54..b037e47c0 100644 --- a/man/machine-id.xml +++ b/man/machine-id.xml @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ 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 + stateless systems, it is generated during runtime at boot if it is found to be empty. The machine ID does not change based on user @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ id[8] = (id[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80; (This code is inspired by generate_random_uuid() of drivers/char/random.c from the - kernel sources.) + Linux kernel sources.) @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ id[8] = (id[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80; The simple configuration file format of /etc/machine-id originates in the /var/lib/dbus/machine-id file - introduced by D-Bus. In fact this latter file might be a + introduced by D-Bus. In fact, this latter file might be a symlink to /etc/machine-id.