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5 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ | |
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7 | <refentry id="systemd-random-seed.service" conditional='ENABLE_RANDOMSEED'> | |
8 | ||
9 | <refentryinfo> | |
10 | <title>systemd-random-seed.service</title> | |
11 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
12 | </refentryinfo> | |
13 | ||
14 | <refmeta> | |
15 | <refentrytitle>systemd-random-seed.service</refentrytitle> | |
16 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> | |
17 | </refmeta> | |
18 | ||
19 | <refnamediv> | |
20 | <refname>systemd-random-seed.service</refname> | |
21 | <refname>systemd-random-seed</refname> | |
22 | <refpurpose>Load and save the system random seed at boot and shutdown</refpurpose> | |
23 | </refnamediv> | |
24 | ||
25 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
26 | <para><filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename></para> | |
27 | <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/random-seed</filename></para> | |
28 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
29 | ||
30 | <refsect1> | |
31 | <title>Description</title> | |
32 | ||
33 | <para><filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename> is a | |
34 | service that restores the random seed of the system at early boot | |
35 | and saves it at shutdown. See | |
36 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
37 | for details. Saving/restoring the random seed across boots | |
38 | increases the amount of available entropy early at boot. On disk | |
39 | the random seed is stored in | |
40 | <filename>/var/lib/systemd/random-seed</filename>.</para> | |
41 | </refsect1> | |
42 | ||
43 | <refsect1> | |
44 | <title>See Also</title> | |
45 | <para> | |
46 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
47 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
48 | </para> | |
49 | </refsect1> | |
50 | ||
51 | </refentry> |