ACC SHELL

#! /bin/sh
# Copyright (c) 1998-2002 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Burchard Steinbild, 1998
#         originally from Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
#
# Please send feedback to http://www.suse.de/feedback
#
# /etc/init.d/random
#
# Script to snapshot random state and reload it at boot time.
#
# Saves and restores system entropy pool for higher quality
# random number generation.
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:       random
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:  2 3 5
# Default-Stop:   0 1 6
# Short-Description: Snapshot random state
# Description:    Script to snapshot random state and reload it at boot time.
### END INIT INFO

. /etc/rc.status

random_seed=/var/lib/misc/random-seed

rc_reset
case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Initializing random number generator"
        # Carry a random seed from start-up to start-up
        # Load and then save 512 bytes, which is the size of the entropy pool
        if test -f $random_seed ; then
                cat $random_seed > /dev/urandom
		rc_status
        else
                > $random_seed
		rc_status
        fi
        chmod 600 $random_seed
        dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=512 2>/dev/null
	rc_status -v
	;;
    stop)
        # Carry a random seed from shut-down to start-up
        # Save 512 bytes, which is the size of the entropy pool
        echo -n "Saving random seed"
        if test ! -f $random_seed ; then
                > $random_seed
		rc_status
	fi
        chmod 600 $random_seed
        dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=512 2>/dev/null
	rc_status -v
	;;
    status)
	echo -n "Checking for random generator (always true)"
	rc_status -v
	;;
    *)
	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"
	exit 1
	;;
esac
rc_exit