# Whats about these .rnd file disturbing the update process? Let's search for a clue **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Tags:** nc16\ **Created:** [July 13, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/whats-about-these-rnd-file-disturbing-the-update-process-lets-search-for-a-clue/56573 "2019-07-13T01:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/j-ed/32/7281_2.png) [@j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/j-ed)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/whats-about-these-rnd-file-disturbing-the-update-process-lets-search-for-a-clue/56573/2 "2019-07-13T11:30:33Z")
Your question can easily been answered by using the [search function](https://help.nextcloud.com/search?q=.rnd) of this forum or just by [asking aunt G.](https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/man1/rand.html). The file isn’t created by Nextcloud but by OpenSSL in the home directory of the user under which the web server is running. Don’t use the Nextcloud root as the home directory of that user and you will solve the problem. See e.g. : > [@Trying to upgrade 14.03 to 14.04 - I get: The following extra files have been found \* .rnd](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/trying-to-upgrade-14-03-to-14-04-i-get-the-following-extra-files-have-been-found-rnd/42217/10): > > The file is usually being created in that directory, because you’ve set it as the home directory of the web user who is used to run the web server. If you change the home directory of the web user, which shouldn’t have any effect on Nextcloud, the file will be outside the Nextcloud root and the message won’t pop-up again. > [@Integrity check failed core -\> extra file -\> .rnd](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/integrity-check-failed-core-extra-file-rnd/41958): > > Typically would follow the standard support template but this issue seems generic and not OS dependent. Fresh install of 14.0.4 on Ubuntu 18.10. Getting an integrity check fail but I can’t seem to pinpoint what’s causing it. Initially had it fail because of the tar archive left in the web-root but upon removing that, its complaining about a .rnd file. I had a suspicion this was related to the first fail so I wiped the directory and started fresh. Everything else works fine but it’s bugging me t… --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/whats-about-these-rnd-file-disturbing-the-update-process-lets-search-for-a-clue/56573)._