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.TH "SD_ID128_GET_MACHINE" "3" "" "systemd 256.7" "sd_id128_get_machine"
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.SH "NAME"
sd_id128_get_machine, sd_id128_get_app_specific, sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific, sd_id128_get_boot, sd_id128_get_boot_app_specific, sd_id128_get_invocation \- Retrieve 128\-bit IDs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.ft B
.nf
#include <systemd/sd\-id128\&.h>
.fi
.ft
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_machine('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_machine(sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_app_specific('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_app_specific(sd_id128_t\ " "base" ", sd_id128_t\ " "app_id" ", sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific(sd_id128_t\ " "app_id" ", sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_boot('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_boot(sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_boot_app_specific('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_boot_app_specific(sd_id128_t\ " "app_id" ", sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_invocation('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_invocation(sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_id128_get_invocation_app_specific('u
.BI "int sd_id128_get_invocation_app_specific(sd_id128_t\ " "app_id" ", sd_id128_t\ *" "ret" ");"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
returns the machine ID of the executing host\&. This reads and parses the
\fBmachine-id\fR(5)
file\&. This function caches the machine ID internally to make retrieving the machine ID a cheap operation\&. This ID may be used wherever a unique identifier for the local system is needed\&. However, it is recommended to use this ID as\-is only in trusted environments\&. In untrusted environments it is recommended to derive an application specific ID from this machine ID, in an irreversible (cryptographically secure) way\&. To make this easy
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR
is provided, see below\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_app_specific()\fR
returns a machine ID that is a combination of the
\fIbase\fR
and
\fIapp_id\fR
parameters\&. Internally, this function calculates HMAC\-SHA256 of the
\fIapp_id\fR
parameter keyed by the
\fIbase\fR
parameter, and truncates this result to fit in
sd_id128_t
and turns it into a valid Variant 1 Version 4 UUID, in accordance with
\m[blue]\fBRFC 4122\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&. Neither of the two input parameters can be calculated from the output parameter
\fIret\fR\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR
is similar to
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR, but retrieves a machine ID that is specific to the application that is identified by the indicated application ID\&. It is recommended to use this function instead of
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
when passing an ID to untrusted environments, in order to make sure that the original machine ID may not be determined externally\&. This way, the ID used by the application remains stable on a given machine, but cannot be easily correlated with IDs used in other applications on the same machine\&. The application\-specific ID should be generated via a tool like
\fBsystemd\-id128 new\fR, and may be compiled into the application\&. This function will return the same application\-specific ID for each combination of machine ID and application ID\&. Internally, this function calls
\fBsd_id128_get_app_specific()\fR
with the result from
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
and the
\fIapp_id\fR
parameter\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_boot()\fR
returns the boot ID of the executing kernel\&. This reads and parses the
/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id
file exposed by the kernel\&. It is randomly generated early at boot and is unique for every running kernel instance\&. See
\fBrandom\fR(4)
for more information\&. This function also internally caches the returned ID to make this call a cheap operation\&. It is recommended to use this ID as\-is only in trusted environments\&. In untrusted environments it is recommended to derive an application specific ID using
\fBsd_id128_get_boot_app_specific()\fR, see below\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_boot_app_specific()\fR
is analogous to
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR, but returns an ID that changes between boots\&. Some machines may be used for a long time without rebooting, hence the boot ID may remain constant for a long time, and has properties similar to the machine ID during that time\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation()\fR
returns the invocation ID of the currently executed service\&. In its current implementation, this tries to read and parse the following:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
The
\fI$INVOCATION_ID\fR
environment variable that the service manager sets when activating a service\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
An entry in the kernel keyring that the system service manager sets when activating a service\&.
.RE
.sp
See
\fBsystemd.exec\fR(5)
for details\&. The ID is cached internally\&. In future a different mechanism to determine the invocation ID may be added\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation_app_specific()\fR
derives an application\-specific ID from the invocation ID\&.
.PP
Note that
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR,
\fBsd_id128_get_boot()\fR,
\fBsd_id128_get_boot_app_specific()\fR,
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation()\fR
and
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation_app_specific\fR
always return UUID Variant 1 Version 4 compatible IDs\&.
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
will also return a UUID Variant 1 Version 4 compatible ID on new installations but might not on older\&. It is possible to convert the machine ID non\-reversibly into a UUID Variant 1 Version 4 compatible one\&. For more information, see
\fBmachine-id\fR(5)\&. It is hence guaranteed that these functions will never return the ID consisting of all zero or all one bits (\fBSD_ID128_NULL\fR,
\fBSD_ID128_ALLF\fR) \(em with the possible exception of
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR, as mentioned\&.
.PP
For more information about the
"sd_id128_t"
type see
\fBsd-id128\fR(3)\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Those calls return 0 on success (in which case
\fIret\fR
is filled in), or a negative errno\-style error code\&.
.SS "Errors"
.PP
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
.PP
\fB\-ENOENT\fR
.RS 4
Returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
and
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR
when
/etc/machine\-id
is missing\&.
.sp
Added in version 242\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-ENOMEDIUM\fR
.RS 4
Returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
and
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR
when
/etc/machine\-id
is empty or all zeros\&. Also returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation()\fR
when the invocation ID is all zeros\&.
.sp
Added in version 242\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-ENOPKG\fR
.RS 4
Returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
and
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR
when the content of
/etc/machine\-id
is
"uninitialized"\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-ENOSYS\fR
.RS 4
Returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_boot()\fR
and
\fBsd_id128_get_boot_app_specific()\fR
when
/proc/
is not mounted\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-ENXIO\fR
.RS 4
Returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation()\fR
if no invocation ID is set\&. Also returned by
\fBsd_id128_get_app_specific()\fR,
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR, and
\fBsd_id128_get_boot_app_specific()\fR
when the
\fIapp_id\fR
parameter is all zeros\&.
.sp
Added in version 242\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-EUCLEAN\fR
.RS 4
Returned by any of the functions described here when the configured value has invalid format\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-EPERM\fR
.RS 4
Requested information could not be retrieved because of insufficient permissions\&.
.sp
Added in version 242\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
Functions described here are available as a shared library, which can be compiled against and linked to with the
\fBlibsystemd\fR\ \&\fBpkg-config\fR(1)
file\&.
.PP
The code described here uses
\fBgetenv\fR(3), which is declared to be not multi\-thread\-safe\&. This means that the code calling the functions described here must not call
\fBsetenv\fR(3)
from a parallel thread\&. It is recommended to only do calls to
\fBsetenv()\fR
from an early phase of the program when no other threads have been started\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
\fBExample\ \&1.\ \&Application\-specific machine ID\fR
.PP
First, generate the application ID:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$ systemd\-id128 \-p new
As string:
c273277323db454ea63bb96e79b53e97

As UUID:
c2732773\-23db\-454e\-a63b\-b96e79b53e97

As man:sd\-id128(3) macro:
#define MESSAGE_XYZ SD_ID128_MAKE(c2,73,27,73,23,db,45,4e,a6,3b,b9,6e,79,b5,3e,97)
\&.\&.\&.
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Then use the new identifier in an example application:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
/* SPDX\-License\-Identifier: MIT\-0 */

#include <stdio\&.h>
#include <systemd/sd\-id128\&.h>

#define OUR_APPLICATION_ID SD_ID128_MAKE(c2,73,27,73,23,db,45,4e,a6,3b,b9,6e,79,b5,3e,97)

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  sd_id128_t id;
  sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific(OUR_APPLICATION_ID, &id);
  printf("Our application ID: " SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR "\en", SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL(id));
  return 0;
}
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "HISTORY"
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_machine()\fR
and
\fBsd_id128_get_boot()\fR
were added in version 187\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation()\fR
was added in version 232\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_machine_app_specific()\fR
was added in version 233\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_boot_app_specific()\fR
was added in version 240\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_app_specific()\fR
was added in version 255\&.
.PP
\fBsd_id128_get_invocation_app_specific()\fR
was added in version 256\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1), \fBsystemd-id128\fR(1), \fBsd-id128\fR(3), \fBmachine-id\fR(5), \fBsystemd.exec\fR(5), \fBsd_id128_randomize\fR(3), \fBrandom\fR(4)
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
RFC 4122
.RS 4
\%https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122
.RE