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5 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ |
6 | ||
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7 | This file is part of systemd. |
8 | ||
9 | Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering | |
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c35b956d | 11 | <refentry id="systemd-random-seed.service" conditional='ENABLE_RANDOMSEED'> |
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13 | <refentryinfo> |
14 | <title>systemd-random-seed.service</title> | |
15 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
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17 | <authorgroup> |
18 | <author> | |
19 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
20 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
21 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
22 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
23 | </author> | |
24 | </authorgroup> | |
25 | </refentryinfo> | |
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27 | <refmeta> |
28 | <refentrytitle>systemd-random-seed.service</refentrytitle> | |
29 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> | |
30 | </refmeta> | |
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32 | <refnamediv> |
33 | <refname>systemd-random-seed.service</refname> | |
34 | <refname>systemd-random-seed</refname> | |
35 | <refpurpose>Load and save the system random seed at boot and shutdown</refpurpose> | |
36 | </refnamediv> | |
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38 | <refsynopsisdiv> |
39 | <para><filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename></para> | |
621a2c80 | 40 | <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/random-seed</filename></para> |
798d3a52 | 41 | </refsynopsisdiv> |
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43 | <refsect1> |
44 | <title>Description</title> | |
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798d3a52 | 46 | <para><filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename> is a |
b938cb90 | 47 | service that restores the random seed of the system at early boot |
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48 | and saves it at shutdown. See |
49 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
50 | for details. Saving/restoring the random seed across boots | |
51 | increases the amount of available entropy early at boot. On disk | |
52 | the random seed is stored in | |
53 | <filename>/var/lib/systemd/random-seed</filename>.</para> | |
54 | </refsect1> | |
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56 | <refsect1> |
57 | <title>See Also</title> | |
58 | <para> | |
59 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
60 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
61 | </para> | |
62 | </refsect1> | |
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63 | |
64 | </refentry> |