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diff --git a/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml b/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..49b92f6891 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="systemd-machine-id-setup"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>systemd-machine-id-setup</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>systemd-machine-id-setup</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>systemd-machine-id-setup</refname> + <refpurpose>Initialize the machine ID in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename></refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> may + be used by system installer tools to initialize the + machine ID stored in + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time + with a randomly generated ID. See + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> + for more information about this file.</para> + + <para>This tool will execute no operation if + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is already + initialized.</para> + + <para>If a valid D-Bus machine ID is already + configured for the system the D-Bus machine ID is + copied and used to initialize the machine ID in + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para> + + <para>If run inside a KVM virtual machine and a UUID + is passed via the <option>-uuid</option> option this + UUID is used to initialize the machine ID instead of a + randomly generated one. The caller must ensure that the + UUID passed is sufficiently unique and is different + for every booted instanced of the VM.</para> + + <para>Similar, if run inside a Linux container + environment and a UUID is set for the container this + is used to initialize the machine ID. For details see + the documentation of the <ulink + url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container + Interface</ulink>.</para> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>This tool does not take any options or arguments.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Exit status</title> + + <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + code otherwise.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-uuidgen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |