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.TH "SYSTEMD\-RANDOM\-SEED\&.SERVICE" "8" "" "systemd 219" "systemd-random-seed.service"
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.SH "NAME"
systemd-random-seed.service, systemd-random-seed \- Load and save the system random seed at boot and shutdown
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
systemd\-random\-seed\&.service
.PP
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-random\-seed
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
systemd\-random\-seed\&.service
is a service that restores the random seed of the system at early\-boot and saves it at shutdown\&. See
\fBrandom\fR(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/systemd/random\-seed\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBrandom\fR(4)
