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+ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+
This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
for more information about this file.</para>
<para>If the tool is invoked without the <option>--commit</option>
- switch <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is initialized with a
+ switch, <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is initialized with a
valid, new machined ID if it is missing or empty. The new machine
ID will be acquired in the following fashion:</para>
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If run inside a KVM virtual machine and a UUID
- is was configured (via the <option>-uuid</option>
+ is configured (via the <option>-uuid</option>
option), this UUID is used to initialize the machine ID. The
caller must ensure that the UUID passed is sufficiently unique
and is different for every booted instance of the
VM.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Similar, if run inside a Linux container
- environment and a UUID is configured for the container this is
- used to initialize the machine ID. For details see the
+ <listitem><para>Similarly, if run inside a Linux container
+ environment and a UUID is configured 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
+ url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container
Interface</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Otherwise a new ID is randomly
+ <listitem><para>Otherwise, a new ID is randomly
generated.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>This command is primarily used by the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- early-boot service.</para></listitem>
+ early boot service.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--print</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Print the machine ID generated or committed after the operation is complete.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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