ekeyd(8)

💖 ekeyd — Entropy Key Daemon 💖

okay bestie, welcome to ekeyd(8), a System Manager's Manual page and honestly? she's serving randomness. 🌈

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✨ NAME ✨

ekeyd — the Entropy Key Daemon 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ekeyd [ -f configfile ] [ -p pidfile ] [ -v ] [ -h ]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so ekeyd is a daemon, right? she connects to Simtec Entropy key devices and then takes the entropy she reads from them and drops it straight into the kernel's pool. that's it. that's the whole job. feeding the kernel good vibes (and, like, actual entropy). 💅

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -f configfile — tells her the name and path of the configuration file. default is /etc/entropykey/ekeyd.conf. 🗂️
• -p pidfile — tells her the name and path of the file used to record the ekeyd process ID. so she can write down where she lives. 🫶
• -h — prints the usage text and dips. ✌️
• -v — prints the version number and dips. ✨

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🧚 CONFIG-FILE 🧚

every single option that controls how ekeyd operates? yeah, they all live in her configuration file. that's the whole thing. she's a config-file girlie. 💖

the syntax of the config file is basically a series of statements, and each statement controls what the daemon does next. one after another, subsequent operation, all of it. 📜

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

ekeyd.conf(5), ekey-rekey(8), ekey-setkey(8)

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Copyright © 2009 Simtec Electronics. All rights reserved.

okay so here comes the legal bit and I'm not touching a single word of it because it's literally a license. verbatim, bestie. no notes. 💅

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this one's dated 19th July 2009 and she's part of ekeyd(8) — the System Manager's Manual. iconic behavior honestly. now go feed your kernel some entropy. 🍓✨