

15·
1 day agoboot_id
seems to be static, probably set at boot.
So don’t use it for a random uuid.
Keyoxide: aspe:keyoxide.org:KI5WYVI3WGWSIGMOKOOOGF4JAE (think PGP key but modern and easier to use)
boot_id
seems to be static, probably set at boot.
So don’t use it for a random uuid.
dd is just cp but more confusing here.
The only thing dd can do that cp can’t is stop ahead of time, which only really matters for infinite files like
/dev/random
cp /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid /dev/sda