Re: PRNG not seeded
From: Steve Bassler (bassmstr.delete.this.to.reply_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 04/07/04
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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 22:26:54 -0400
On 6 Apr 2004 13:19:41 -0700, Bill <bverzal@komatsuna.com> wrote:
> sbassle@alleghenyenergy.com (Steve Bassler) wrote in message
> news:<9f303a71.0404060401.41173cfe@posting.google.com>...
>> I have installed OpenSSH 3.7.1p1-pwexp24 (that's with Darren Tucker's
>> password expiration patch) on a couple dozen AIX servers - a mix of
>> 4.3.3, 5.1, and 5.2. I just upgraded a server from 5.1 to 5.2 and
>> reinstalled SSH. I can logon successfully, but when I try to SSH to
>> another server from there, I receive the following error:
>> PRNG is not seeded
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> FYI, I have compiled a separate version for AIX 5.2 because on 5.1 and
>> earlier, I had to install EGD for random-number generation. With 5.2
>> I can configure SSH to use /dev/random. This has worked fine on all
>> my other AIX 5.2 servers until now. And BTW, this is the first one
>> I've migrated from 5.1 rather than install from scratch, if that makes
>> a difference.
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Bassler
>> Systems Programmer
>> Allegheny Energy
>> Greensburg, PA, USA
>
> Use /dev/urandom.
It turns out that after the migration install, both /dev/random and
/dev/urandom came in with permissions crw-r-----, where on all my other
AIX 5.2 servers (installed from scratch), they are crw-r--r--. Once I
added the world readable bit to both, everything worked fine.
One more entry in the "Things that make you go 'Huh?'" file.
Steve
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