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6 systemd-machine-id-commit.service - Commit transient machine-id to disk
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9 systemd-machine-id-commit.service
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11 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-machine-id-commit
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14 systemd-machine-id-commit.service is a service responsible for
15 committing any transient /etc/machine-id file to a writable file
16 system. See machine-id(5) for more information about this file.
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18 This service is started shortly after local-fs.target if
19 /etc/machine-id is an independent mount point (probably a tmpfs one)
20 and /etc is writable. systemd-machine-id-commit will then write
21 current machine ID to disk and unmount the transient /etc/machine-id
22 file in a race-free manner to ensure that file is always valid for
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25 Note that the traditional way to initialize the machine ID in
26 /etc/machine-id is to use systemd-machine-id-setup by system installer
27 tools. You can also use systemd-firstboot(1) to initialize the machine
28 ID on mounted (but not booted) system images. The main use case for
29 that service is /etc/machine-id being an empty file at boot and initrd
30 chaining to systemd giving it a read only file system that will be
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