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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section IX. Administering NetBackup
  4. Using the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
  5. Run-time configuration options for the NetBackup Administration Console
  6. USE_URANDOM
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

USE_URANDOM

Enable the USE_URANDOM option to specify /dev/urandom as the character device to provide cryptographically secure random output in your NetBackup environment.

The default value of the USE_URANDOM option is 0. When the USE_URANDOM option is set to default, the character device to be used is based on the value of theNB_FIPS_MODE option.

If NB_FIPS_MODE is enabled, dev/random is used.

If NB_FIPS_MODE is disabled, dev/urandom is used.

To enable the USE_URANDOM option, use the following format:

USE_URANDOM = 1

If USE_URANDOM is set to 2 (or is disabled), the dev/random character device is used to provide cryptographically secure random output.

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