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24 <refentry id="sd_id128_get_machine">
25
26   <refentryinfo>
27     <title>sd_id128_get_machine</title>
28     <productname>elogind</productname>
29
30     <authorgroup>
31       <author>
32         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34         <surname>Poettering</surname>
35         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36       </author>
37     </authorgroup>
38   </refentryinfo>
39
40   <refmeta>
41     <refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle>
42     <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
43   </refmeta>
44
45   <refnamediv>
46     <refname>sd_id128_get_machine</refname>
47     <refname>sd_id128_get_boot</refname>
48     <refpurpose>Retrieve 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
49   </refnamediv>
50
51   <refsynopsisdiv>
52     <funcsynopsis>
53       <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;elogind/sd-id128.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
54
55       <funcprototype>
56         <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_machine</function></funcdef>
57         <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
58       </funcprototype>
59
60       <funcprototype>
61         <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_boot</function></funcdef>
62         <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
63       </funcprototype>
64
65     </funcsynopsis>
66   </refsynopsisdiv>
67
68   <refsect1>
69     <title>Description</title>
70
71     <para><function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> returns the
72     machine ID of the executing host. This reads and parses the
73     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
74     file. This function caches the machine ID internally to make
75     retrieving the machine ID a cheap operation.</para>
76
77     <para><function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> returns the boot ID
78     of the executing kernel. This reads and parses the
79     <filename>/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id</filename> file exposed
80     by the kernel. It is randomly generated early at boot and is
81     unique for every running kernel instance. See
82     <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
83     for more information. This function also internally caches the
84     returned ID to make this call a cheap operation.</para>
85
86     <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> always
87     returns a UUID v4 compatible ID.
88     <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will also return a
89     UUID v4-compatible ID on new installations but might not on older.
90     It is possible to convert the machine ID into a UUID v4-compatible
91     one. For more information, see
92     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
93
94     <para>For more information about the <literal>sd_id128_t</literal>
95     type see
96     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
97   </refsect1>
98
99   <refsect1>
100     <title>Return Value</title>
101
102     <para>The two calls return 0 on success (in which case
103     <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a negative
104     errno-style error code.</para>
105   </refsect1>
106
107   <refsect1>
108     <title>Notes</title>
109
110     <para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> and
111     <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> interfaces are available
112     as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
113     <literal>libelogind</literal> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
114     file.</para>
115   </refsect1>
116
117   <refsect1>
118     <title>See Also</title>
119
120     <para>
121       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
122       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
123       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
124       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
125       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
126     </para>
127   </refsect1>
128
129 </refentry>