rngd failed to initialize JITTER Entropy generator
Issue
- When
rngd.servicestarts, the following messages can be seen in/var/log/messages:
rngd: JITTER rng fails with code 2
rngd: Failed to init entropy source 5: JITTER Entropy generator
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7 or later
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