Comment 1 for bug 1593625

Verification in instances in AWS look good!

== Xenial ==
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ dpkg -l pollinate
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===========================================================-==================================-==================================-============================================================================================================================
ii pollinate 4.21-0ubuntu1~16.04 all seed the pseudo random number generator
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ pollinate
<13>Jul 29 18:21:31 pollinate[9529]: ERROR: should execute as the [pollinate] user
1 ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ sudo pollinate
sudo: unable to resolve host ip-172-30-0-32
<13>Jul 29 18:21:37 pollinate[9635]: system was previously seeded at [2016-07-29 18:10:33.500000000 +0000]
<13>Jul 29 18:21:37 pollinate[9635]: To re-seed this system again, use the -r|--reseed option
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ sudo pollinate -r
sudo: unable to resolve host ip-172-30-0-32
<13>Jul 29 18:21:42 pollinate[9725]: system was previously seeded at [2016-07-29 18:10:33.500000000 +0000]
<13>Jul 29 18:21:42 pollinate[9725]: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
<13>Jul 29 18:21:43 pollinate[9725]: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
<13>Jul 29 18:21:43 pollinate[9725]: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
<13>Jul 29 18:21:43 pollinate[9725]: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ sudo rm -f /var/cache/pollinate/*
sudo: unable to resolve host ip-172-30-0-32
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ sudo reboot
...
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ ls -l /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
-rw-r--r-- 1 pollinate daemon 0 Jul 29 18:27 /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-32:~⟫ grep pollinate /var/log/syslog
Jul 29 18:27:00 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:00 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: <13>Jul 29 18:26:59 pollinate[2606]: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:01 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:01 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: <13>Jul 29 18:27:01 pollinate[2606]: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:01 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:01 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: <13>Jul 29 18:27:01 pollinate[2606]: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:01 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]
Jul 29 18:27:01 ip-172-30-0-32 pollinate[2606]: <13>Jul 29 18:27:01 pollinate[2606]: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]

== Trusty ==
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ dpkg -l pollinate
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===========================================================-==================================-==================================-============================================================================================================================
ii pollinate 4.21-0ubuntu1~14.04 all seed the pseudo random number generator
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ pollinate
pollinate: ERROR: should execute as the [pollinate] user
1 ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ sudo pollinate
sudo: unable to resolve host ip-172-30-0-237
pollinate: system was previously seeded at [2016-07-29 18:26:03.556850000 +0000]
pollinate: To re-seed this system again, use the -r|--reseed option
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ sudo pollinate -r
sudo: unable to resolve host ip-172-30-0-237
pollinate: system was previously seeded at [2016-07-29 18:26:03.556850000 +0000]
pollinate: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
pollinate: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
pollinate: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
pollinate: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ sudo rm -f /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
sudo: unable to resolve host ip-172-30-0-237
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ sudo reboot
...
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ ls -alF /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
-rw-r--r-- 1 pollinate daemon 0 Jul 29 18:35 /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
ubuntu@ip-172-30-0-237:~⟫ grep pollinate /var/log/syslog
Jul 29 18:35:30 ip-172-30-0-237 pollinate: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:35:31 ip-172-30-0-237 pollinate: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:35:31 ip-172-30-0-237 pollinate: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:35:31 ip-172-30-0-237 pollinate: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]

== Precise ==
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ dpkg -l pollinate
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===========================================================-===========================================================-======================================================================================================================================
ii pollinate 4.21-0ubuntu1~12.04 seed the pseudo random number generator
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ sudo rm -f /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ sudo reboot
...
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ ls -alF /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
-rw-r--r-- 1 pollinate daemon 0 Jul 29 18:27 /var/cache/pollinate/seeded
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ grep pollinate /var/log/syslog
Jul 29 18:27:31 ip-10-182-129-236 pollinate: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:32 ip-10-182-129-236 pollinate: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:32 ip-10-182-129-236 pollinate: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
Jul 29 18:27:32 ip-10-182-129-236 pollinate: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ pollinate
pollinate: ERROR: should execute as the [pollinate] user
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ sudo pollinate
pollinate: system was previously seeded at [2016-07-29 18:37:22.399273976 +0000]
pollinate: To re-seed this system again, use the -r|--reseed option
ubuntu@ip-10-182-129-236:~$ sudo pollinate -r
pollinate: system was previously seeded at [2016-07-29 18:37:22.399273976 +0000]
pollinate: client sent challenge to [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
pollinate: client verified challenge/response with [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
pollinate: client hashed response from [https://entropy.ubuntu.com/]
pollinate: client successfully seeded [/dev/urandom]