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1<?xml version="1.0"?>
2<!--*-nxml-*-->
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3<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
4 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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c35b956d 6<refentry id="systemd-random-seed.service" conditional='ENABLE_RANDOMSEED'>
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8 <refentryinfo>
9 <title>systemd-random-seed.service</title>
10 <productname>systemd</productname>
798d3a52 11 </refentryinfo>
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13 <refmeta>
14 <refentrytitle>systemd-random-seed.service</refentrytitle>
15 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
16 </refmeta>
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18 <refnamediv>
19 <refname>systemd-random-seed.service</refname>
20 <refname>systemd-random-seed</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Load and save the system random seed at boot and shutdown</refpurpose>
22 </refnamediv>
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24 <refsynopsisdiv>
25 <para><filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename></para>
621a2c80 26 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/random-seed</filename></para>
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29 <refsect1>
30 <title>Description</title>
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798d3a52 32 <para><filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename> is a
b938cb90 33 service that restores the random seed of the system at early boot
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34 and saves it at shutdown. See
35 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
36 for details. Saving/restoring the random seed across boots
37 increases the amount of available entropy early at boot. On disk
38 the random seed is stored in
39 <filename>/var/lib/systemd/random-seed</filename>.</para>
40 </refsect1>
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42 <refsect1>
43 <title>See Also</title>
44 <para>
45 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
46 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
47 </para>
48 </refsect1>
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50</refentry>