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<refentry id="systemd-random-seed-load.service" conditional='ENABLE_RANDOMSEED'>
<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>