Public bug reported:
/etc/init.d/urandom compares the size of the saved pool in
/var/lib/urandom/random-seed with the current value in
/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize and updates the poolsize if it is too
small. But when updating poolsize it uses the old value rather than the
new value.
Btw. The comment saying:
# Hm, why is the saved pool re-created at boot? [pere 2009-09-03]
should be replaced with:
# The saved pool re-created at boot to ensure successive boots will use
a different random seed, even if the system did not shut down cleanly.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: initscripts 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-37.81-generic 2.6.32.49+drm33.21
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-37-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 5 12:02:10 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110720.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_DK.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sysvinit
** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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urandom startup script initializes poolsize with incorrect value
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