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Comment 12 for bug 1558275

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-04-12 11:18 EDT-------
Permissions for /dev/prandom device file are as expected now with kernel 4.4.0-18-generic. 'tester' user was able to read random data from the device.

Details
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Created a test user and loaded the prng module.
uid=1000(tester) gid=1000(tester) groups=1000(tester)
tester@s35lp35:~$ ll /dev/prandom
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 54 Apr 12 17:08 /dev/prandom

tester@s35lp35:~$ modinfo prng
filename: /lib/modules/4.4.0-18-generic/kernel/arch/s390/crypto/prng.ko
description: s390 PRNG interface
author: IBM Corporation
license: GPL
srcversion: 60384609D5BAFDCBFD35A32
alias: cpu:type:*:feature:*0003*
depends:
intree: Y
vermagic: 4.4.0-18-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: mode:int
parm: prng_mode:PRNG mode: 0 - auto, 1 - TDES, 2 - SHA512
parm: chunksize:int
parm: prng_chunk_size:PRNG read chunk size in bytes
parm: reseed_limit:int
parm: prng_reseed_limit:PRNG reseed limit