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Re: [OT] /etc/machine-id "must not be exposed in untrusted environments"



On Thu, 2019-08-08 at 15:20 -0400, Marvin Renich wrote:
> This is related to the thread Generating new IDs for cloning, but is
> probably OT for this list.  I guess this is really a question for
> systemd maintainers?  Should I file a bug?
> 
> The man page for machine-id says:
> 
>   This ID uniquely identifies the host. It should be considered
>   "confidential", and must not be exposed in untrusted environments, in
>   particular on the network.
> 
> Why is the file mode 0666?  Does it need to be non-root readable? 

Mine is 0444, so that Chrome can read it.  /s

-Jim P.


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