#!/bin/sh # random - save system entropy pool at shutdown and reload it at boot time # to increase the quality of random number generation [ -c /dev/urandom ] || exit 0 . /etc/sysconfig/rc . $rc_functions PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin RANDOMSEED=/var/lib/misc/random-seed POOLSIZE=512 [ -r /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize ] && POOLSIZE="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize)" case "$1" in start) echo -n $"Initializing random number generator: " if [ -f $RANDOMSEED ]; then cat $RANDOMSEED > /dev/urandom else touch $RANDOMSEED fi chmod 600 $RANDOMSEED dd if=/dev/urandom of=$RANDOMSEED count=1 bs=$POOLSIZE >/dev/null 2>&1 evaluate_retval echo ;; stop) echo -n $"Saving random seed: " touch $RANDOMSEED chmod 600 $RANDOMSEED dd if=/dev/urandom of=$RANDOMSEED count=1 bs=$POOLSIZE >/dev/null 2>&1 evaluate_retval echo ;; status) echo -n $"Checking for random generator: " echo_success echo ;; restart|reload|force-reload) echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2 exit 3 ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|status" exit 1 ;; esac