private byte[] LoadMasterKey()
        {
            var debug = "<unknown>";

            try
            {
                if (_config.MasterKeyExec != null)
                {
                    debug = _config.CertificateExec + " " + _config.CertificateExecArguments;
                    return(LoadMasterKeyWithExecutable());
                }

                if (_config.MasterKeyPath != null)
                {
                    debug = _config.MasterKeyPath;
                    return(LoadMasterKeyFromPath());
                }

                if (PlatformDetails.RunningOnPosix == false)
                {
                    return(null);
                }

                var dirpath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME"), ".ravendb");
                dirpath = Path.GetFullPath(dirpath);
                var filepath = Path.Combine(dirpath, "secret.key");
                debug = filepath;
                var buffer = new byte[KeySize];
                fixed(byte *pBuf = buffer)
                {
                    if (Directory.Exists(dirpath) == false)
                    {
                        Directory.CreateDirectory(dirpath);
                    }

                    var fd = Syscall.open(filepath, PerPlatformValues.OpenFlags.O_CREAT | OpenFlags.O_RDWR,
                                          // octal 01600 - Sticky and only user can read it
                                          FilePermissions.S_ISVTX | FilePermissions.S_IRUSR | FilePermissions.S_IWUSR);

                    if (fd == -1)
                    {
                        var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                        Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"when opening {filepath}");
                    }
                    try
                    {
                        var ret = Syscall.flock(fd, Syscall.FLockOperations.LOCK_EX);
                        if (ret != 0)
                        {
                            var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                            Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"could not lock {filepath}");
                        }

                        var size = Syscall.lseek64(fd, 0, WhenceFlags.SEEK_END);
                        if (size == -1)
                        {
                            var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                            Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"could not get size of {filepath}");
                        }

                        if (size == KeySize)
                        {
                            byte *pos        = pBuf;
                            long  amountRead = 0;
                            while (amountRead < KeySize)
                            {
                                var read = Syscall.pread(fd, pos, (ulong)(KeySize - amountRead), amountRead);
                                pos += read;
                                if (read < 0)
                                {
                                    var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                                    Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"failed to read {filepath}");
                                }
                                if (read == 0)
                                {
                                    break;
                                }
                                amountRead += read;
                            }
                            if (amountRead != KeySize)
                            {
                                throw new FileLoadException($"Failed to read the full key size from {filepath}, expected to read {KeySize} but go only {amountRead}");
                            }
                        }
                        else // we assume that if the size isn't a key size, then it was never valid and regenerate the key
                        {
                            Sodium.randombytes_buf(pBuf, (UIntPtr)KeySize);

                            if (Syscall.ftruncate(fd, IntPtr.Zero) != 0)
                            {
                                var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                                Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"Failed to truncate {filepath}");
                            }

                            if (Syscall.lseek64(fd, 0, WhenceFlags.SEEK_SET) == -1)
                            {
                                var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                                Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"Failed to seek to beginning of {filepath}");
                            }

                            var len = KeySize;
                            while (len > 0)
                            {
                                var writeAmount = Syscall.write(fd, pBuf, KeySize);
                                if (writeAmount <= 0) // 0 will be considered as error here
                                {
                                    var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                                    Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"Failed to write {KeySize} bytes into {filepath}, only wrote {len}");
                                }

                                len -= (int)writeAmount;
                            }

                            if (Syscall.FSync(fd) != 0)
                            {
                                var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                                Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"Failed to FSync {filepath}");
                            }

                            Syscall.FsyncDirectoryFor(filepath);
                        }
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        if (Syscall.close(fd) != 0)
                        {
                            var err = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                            Syscall.ThrowLastError(err, $"Failed to close the secret key file : {filepath}");
                        }
                    }
                    return(buffer);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                throw new CryptographicException(
                          $"Unable to open the master secret key ({debug}), won't proceed because losing this key will lose access to all user encrypted information. Admin assistance required.",
                          e);
            }
        }