if (in_initrd())
log_info("Running in initial RAM disk.");
+ /* Let's check whether /etc is already populated. We
+ * don't actually really check for that, but use
+ * /etc/machine-id as flag file. This allows container
+ * managers and installers to provision a couple of
+ * files already. If the container manager wants to
+ * provision the machine ID itself it should pass
+ * $container_uuid to PID 1.*/
+
empty_etc = access("/etc/machine-id", F_OK) < 0;
if (empty_etc)
log_info("Running with unpopulated /etc.");