openrc/init.d/urandom.in

#!@PREFIX@/sbin/runscript
# Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.

: ${urandom_seed:=${URANDOM_SEED:-/var/lib/misc/random-seed}}
description="Initializes the random number generator."

depend()
{
	need localmount
	keyword -jail -openvz
}

save_seed()
{
	local psz=1

	if [ -e /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize ]; then
		: $(( psz = $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize) / 4096 ))
	fi

	(	# sub shell to prevent umask pollution
		umask 077
		dd if=/dev/urandom of="$urandom_seed" count=${psz} 2>/dev/null
	)
}

start()
{
	[ -c /dev/urandom ] || return
	if [ -f "$urandom_seed" ]; then
		ebegin "Initializing random number generator"
		cat "$urandom_seed" > /dev/urandom
		eend $? "Error initializing random number generator"
	fi
	rm -f "$urandom_seed" && save_seed
	return 0
}

stop()
{
	ebegin "Saving random seed"
	save_seed
	eend $? "Failed to save random seed"
}