installing the OS does not generate a unique /etc/machine-id

[szp]

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Hi there,

I was expecting /etc/machine-id to be unique for every install, but it is static which was very unexpected (I use it as the basis of machine-specific identifier which should have been globally unique). 

 

fixing it up was easy enough:

 

rm -f /etc/machine-id
rm -f /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
dbus-uuidgen --ensure
systemd-machine-id-setup

 

Shouldn't this be done when the root fs is being resized on the first boot?

[sfx2000]

4 hours ago, szp said:

I was expecting /etc/machine-id to be unique for every install, but it is static which was very unexpected (I use it as the basis of machine-specific identifier which should have been globally unique). 

 

Check around on the threads here - I do recall this popping up before, and there was a solution to establish a UUID on initial startup for systemd

[Igor]

13 hours ago, szp said:

fixing it up was easy enough:

 

Armbian way of setting unique id works since the day one. If you want that this way also works: https://www.armbian.com/get-involved