NAME

randd - Stops and restarts the RAND daemon

SYNOPSIS

randd

DESCRIPTION

The randd command is executed as part of the overall DCE startup script, dcesetup. Super (root) users can stop and restart the RAND daemon. The daemon, which has a low priority, takes over idle central processing unit (cpu) resources, which it uses to produce random numbers. The random numbers are stored in memory until requested by processes, often security processes. If the daemon is not present, security daemons calculate the random numbers as they did in the past. 

Privileges Required

Superuser (root) priviledge is required. 

EXAMPLES

To restart the daemon, follow these steps:

     1.Log into the system as superuser (root). 

     2.Use the ps command to check whether the randd is running. 

ps auxw | grep randd

RELATED INFORMATION

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