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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<refentry id="systemd-random-seed-load.service">

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>systemd-random-seed-load.service</title>
                <productname>systemd</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>
        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>systemd-random-seed-load.service</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>systemd-random-seed-load.service</refname>
                <refname>systemd-random-seed-save.service</refname>
                <refname>systemd-random-seed</refname>
                <refpurpose>Load and save the system random seed at boot and shutdown</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>systemd-random-seed-load.service</filename></para>
                <para><filename>systemd-random-seed-save.service</filename></para>
                <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-random-seed</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><filename>systemd-random-seed-load.service</filename>
                is an early-boot service that restores the random seed
                of the
                system. <filename>systemd-random-seed-save.service</filename>
                is a late-shutdown service that saves the random seed
                of the system. See
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                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
                <filename>/var/lib/random-seed</filename>.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>