erase-machine-id 1 user commands nosh erase-machine-id tear down the machine ID erase-machine-id erase-machine-id erases the current machine ID, stored in various areas of volatile and non-volatile storage. See machine-id7 for where the volatile and non-volatile storage areas are. Rather than remove storage files, which could create stale data and inconsistencies if a system administrator had decided to employ symbolic links, it overwrites them with a nil machine ID (NCS-variant UUID with all zeroes). setup-machine-id1 treats a nil UUID as a case of needing a fresh ID to be generated. Jonathan de Boyne Pollard