NAME¶
systemd-random-seed-load.service, systemd-random-seed-save.service,
systemd-random-seed - Load and save the system random seed at boot and
shutdown
SYNOPSIS¶
systemd-random-seed-load.service
systemd-random-seed-save.service
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-random-seed
DESCRIPTION¶
systemd-random-seed-load.service is an early-boot service that restores the
random seed of the system. systemd-random-seed-save.service is a late-shutdown
service that saves the random seed of the system. See
random(4) for
details. Saving/restoring the random seed across boots increases the amount of
available entropy early at boot. On disk the random seed is stored in
/var/lib/random-seed.
SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1),
random(4)