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rngd.service - Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon | rngd.service - Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon | ||
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) | Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) | ||
| − | Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2016-11-09 09:40:02 GMT; 1min 23s ago | + | Active: '''failed''' (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2016-11-09 09:40:02 GMT; 1min 23s ago |
Main PID: 12778 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) | Main PID: 12778 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) | ||
Revision as of 09:42, 9 November 2016
Check Entropy Figure
cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
If necessary, install rng tools and start, then recheck entropy
yum -y install rng-tools systemctl start rngd systemctl enable rngd
Check the status of rngd
systemctl status rngd
If you see a failure
rngd.service - Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2016-11-09 09:40:02 GMT; 1min 23s ago Main PID: 12778 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
