Index: save-entropy.1 =================================================================== --- save-entropy.1 +++ save-entropy.1 @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Tom Rhodes +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $Id$ +.\" +.Dd March 11, 2019 +.Dt save-entropy +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm save-entropy +.Nd "Save system entropy" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +script is used to store bits of randomness which are +then used to seed +.Dv /dev/random +on boot. +On +.Fx +the +.Dv /dev/random +device is seeded with environmental noise to aid in random number +generation. +The +.Nm +script allows this noise to be stored for boot time usage. +The +.Nm +script is ran from a line in +.Fa /etc/crontab +as the operator user. +This script will rotate entropy files located in +.Pa /var/db/entropy +and place a number at the end of each file. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +Exit status is 0 on success or 1 if the command has failed. +An error will be logged when the command fails. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr random 4 , +.Xr rc.conf 5 .