systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net sd_id128_randomize 3 sd_id128_randomize Generate 128 bit IDs #include <systemd/sd-id128.h> int sd_id128_randomize sd_id128_t* ret sd_id128_randomize() generates a new randomized 128 bit ID and returns it in ret. Every invocation returns a new randomly generated ID. This uses the /dev/urandom kernel random number generator. Note that sd_id128_randomize() always returns a UUID v4 compatible ID. For more information about the sd_id128_t type see sd-id1283. journalctl1's --new-id command may be used as command line front-end for sd_id128_randomize(). The call returns 0 on success (in which case ret is filled in), or a negative errno-style error code. The sd_id128_randomize() interface is available as shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the libsystemd-id128 pkg-config1 file. systemd1, sd-id1283, machine-id5, random4, sd_id128_get_machine3