# \#mender-device-identity

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## [Mender Preauthorisation - bringing the state of the device from preauthorized to accepted](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-preauthorisation-bringing-the-state-of-the-device-from-preauthorized-to-accepted/6407)

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**Author:** [@Utsav\_Shah](https://hub.mender.io/u/Utsav_Shah)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-preauthorisation-bringing-the-state-of-the-device-from-preauthorized-to-accepted/6407 "2023-12-07T13:59:29Z")

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I am trying to preauthorize a device onto the mender dashboard. I am referring to the below article: https://docs.mender.io/server-integration/preauthorizing-devices For this I have done the following: Used the mend…

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## [I'd like to identity a device without any MAC information](https://hub.mender.io/t/id-like-to-identity-a-device-without-any-mac-information/5879)

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**Author:** [@ak8893893](https://hub.mender.io/u/ak8893893)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/id-like-to-identity-a-device-without-any-mac-information/5879 "2023-06-01T15:49:53Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to change /usr/share/mender/identity/mender-device-identity and let the identity data key values without mac information. Like this one: $ ./mender-device-identity ak=123 platform=456 But th…