<refentry id="machine-id">
<refentryinfo>
- <title>/etc/machine-id</title>
+ <title>machine-id</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<refnamediv>
<refname>machine-id</refname>
- <refpurpose>local machine ID configuration file</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Local machine ID configuration file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
logic as the D-Bus machine ID.</para>
<para>Programs may use this ID to identify the host
- with a globally unique ID in the network, that does
+ with a globally unique ID in the network, which does
not change even if the local network configuration
changes. Due to this and its greater length it is
a more useful replacement for the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>