Messages in this thread | | | Subject | 2.4.18 /dev/random problem | From | Philippe Amelant <> | Date | 31 May 2003 17:36:34 +0200 |
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Hi
I have a compaq server with a little problem. cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail is always 0 so /dev/random block on all read.
I have read some discussion about /dev/random on this list. and if I understand /dev/urandom rely on /dev/random for providing good randomness and /dev/random rely on server activity for it's entropy.
But I don't understand why my disk activity doesn't refill the entropy counter. If I try to mount floppy I get some entropy but even updating locate db does not provide any entropy ? Should I activate something in disk driver ?
Thank -- Philippe Amelant <philippe.amelant@free.fr>
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