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Old 02-17-2020, 12:40 AM   #1
akhil.amethyst
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Restarting rngd service


My redhat7.7 shows 100% CPU. rngd service is the culprit. Can we restart rngd service anytime? or are there any precautions?
 
Old 02-17-2020, 01:43 AM   #2
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Code:
systemctl restart rngd.service
should work.
 
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Old 02-17-2020, 09:55 AM   #3
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Also...
Code:
systemctl status rngd
...may give you the reason - apparently it can happen when rngd is unable to gather enough entropy.

 
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