From 9d799fac390fa39b50b0a065efc6c60dce91a8fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mikepell <mikepell@pellegq.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 19:10:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] update for machine-id

newer versions will automatically populate an empty /etc/machine-id
---
 prepare-ubuntu-18.04-template.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prepare-ubuntu-18.04-template.sh b/prepare-ubuntu-18.04-template.sh
index 74c8dd7..f66b3b9 100755
--- a/prepare-ubuntu-18.04-template.sh
+++ b/prepare-ubuntu-18.04-template.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ truncate -s0 /etc/hostname
 hostnamectl set-hostname localhost
 
 #remove machine-id
-rm /etc/machine-id
-rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+#rm /etc/machine-id
+#rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+echo -n > /etc/machine-id
 
 #cleanup apt
 apt clean