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system_id: explain the reason for choosing appmachineid over machineid #139

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system_id: explain the reason for choosing appmachineid over machineid #139

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion lib/config/config_settings.h
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Expand Up @@ -1328,7 +1328,8 @@ cfg(global_system_id_source_CFG, "system_id_source", global_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEF
" system ID. See 'man machine-id'.\n"
" machineid\n"
" Use the contents of the machine-id file to set the system ID\n"
" (appmachineid is recommended.)\n"
" (appmachineid is recommended to not leak the machine-id outside\n"
" the machine, since it is considered private.)\n"
" file\n"
" Use the contents of another file (system_id_file) to set the\n"
" system ID.\n"
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion man/lvmsystemid.7_main
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Expand Up @@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ See
and
.BR systemd-machine-id-setup (1)
to check if machine-id is available on the host.
(appmachineid is recommended in place of machineid.)
(appmachineid is recommended in place of machineid in order to prevent
the machineid from leaking outside the machine, since it is considered
private.)
.sp
.I lvm.conf
.nf
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