diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/createlinks mezzanine_patched_smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/createlinks
--- smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/createlinks	2009-05-13 02:05:27.000000000 +0200
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/createlinks	2009-05-13 02:03:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 templates2events("/etc/sudoers", $event);
 templates2events("/etc/httpd/bkpc-conf/httpd.conf", qw(backuppc-update bootstrap-console-save));
 
-event_link("backuppc-checkupgrade", $event, "10");
-event_link("backuppc-checkupgrade", "post-upgrade", "90");
+event_link("backuppc-checkupgrade", $event, "20");
+event_link("backuppc-genkey", $event, "10");
+event_link("backuppc-checkupgrade", "post-upgrade", "91");
+event_link("backuppc-genkey", "post-upgrade", "90");
 
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/backuppc");
 safe_symlink("sigusr1", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/httpd-e-smith");
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/backuppc-genkey mezzanine_patched_smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/backuppc-genkey
--- smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/backuppc-genkey	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-BackupPC-0.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/backuppc-genkey	2009-05-13 02:03:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Generate a keyfile for archives encryption
+
+my $keyfile = '/etc/BackupPC/archive.key';
+
+if (! -e $keyfile){
+    use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);
+
+    my $key = "not set due to error";
+    if ( open( RANDOM, "/dev/urandom" ) ){   
+        my $buf;
+        # 57 bytes is a full line of Base64 coding, and contains
+        # 456 bits of randomness - given a perfectly random /dev/random
+        if ( read( RANDOM, $buf, 57 ) != 57 )
+        {   
+            warn("Short read from /dev/random: $!");
+        }
+        else
+        {   
+            $key = encode_base64($buf);
+            chomp $key;
+        }
+        close RANDOM;
+    }
+    else
+    {   
+        warn "Could not open /dev/urandom: $!";
+    }
+    open( KEYFILE, ">$keyfile") || warn "Could not open $keyfile: $!";
+    print KEYFILE $key;
+    close KEYFILE;
+}