From a535e1222665f3fe5e195573649b7000e8bc9d34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 13:41:21 -0400 Subject: services: Add urandom-seed-service. Fixes . * gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-service): New procedure. (%random-seed-file, urandom-seed-service-type): New variables. (%urandom-seed-shepherd-service): New procedure. (%base-services): Call 'urandom-seed-service'. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it. --- doc/guix.texi | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index bb75425a9f..01363c1d13 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7355,6 +7355,17 @@ Return a service that runs the Guix build daemon according to Run @var{udev}, which populates the @file{/dev} directory dynamically. @end deffn +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} urandom-seed-service @var{#f} +Save some entropy in @var{%random-seed-file} to seed @file{/dev/urandom} +when rebooting. +@end deffn + +@defvr {Scheme Variable} %random-seed-file +This is the name of the file where some random bytes are saved by +@var{urandom-seed-service} to seed @file{/dev/urandom} when rebooting. +It defaults to @file{/var/lib/random-seed}. +@end defvr + @deffn {Scheme Procedure} console-keymap-service @var{files} ... @cindex keyboard layout Return a service to load console keymaps from @var{files} using -- cgit v1.2.3