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<refentry id="sd_id128_randomize">
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>sd_id128_randomize</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>sd_id128_randomize</refname>
- <refname>sd_id128_get_machine</refname>
- <refname>sd_id128_get_boot</refname>
- <refpurpose>Generate or retrieve 128 bit IDs</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <funcsynopsis>
- <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-id128.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_randomize</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_machine</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_boot</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- </funcsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>
- generates a new randomized 128 bit ID and returns it
- in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Every invocation
- returns a new randomly generated ID. This uses the
- <filename>/dev/urandom</filename> kernel random number
- generator.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>
- returns the machine ID of the executing host. This
- reads and parses the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- file. This function caches the machine ID internally
- to make retrieving the machine ID a cheap
- operation.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> returns
- the boot ID of the executing kernel. This reads and
- parses the
- <filename>/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id</filename>
- file exposed by the kernel. It is randomly generated
- early at boot and is unique for every running kernel
- instance. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information. This function also internally
- caches the returned ID to make this call a cheap
- operation.</para>
-
- <para>Note that
- <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> and
- <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> always return
- a UUID v4 compatible
- ID. <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will
- also return a UUID v4 compatible ID on new
- installations, but might not on older. It is possible
- to convert the machine ID into an UUID v4 compatible
- one. For more information see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
-
- <para>For more information about the
- <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
-
- <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
- <literal>--new-id</literal> command may be used as
- command line front-end for
- <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Return Value</title>
-
- <para>The three calls return 0 on success (in which
- case <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a
- negative errno-style error code.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Notes</title>
-
- <para>The <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>,
- <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> and
- <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> interfaces
- are available as shared library, which can be compiled
- and linked to with the
- <literal>libsystemd-id128</literal>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- file.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
-
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_id128_randomize</title>
+ <productname>elogind</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_id128_randomize</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Generate 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <elogind/sd-id128.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_randomize</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> generates a new
+ randomized 128-bit ID and returns it in
+ <parameter>ret</parameter>. Every invocation returns a new
+ randomly generated ID. This uses the
+ <filename>/dev/urandom</filename> kernel random number
+ generator.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> always
+ returns a UUID v4-compatible ID.</para>
+
+ <para>For more information about the <literal>sd_id128_t</literal>
+ type, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--new-id</option> option may be used as a command line
+ front-end for <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para>The call returns 0 on success (in which case
+ <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a negative
+ errno-style error code.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>The <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> interface is
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to
+ with the
+ <literal>libelogind</literal> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ file.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
</refentry>
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