> Sorry, here is the rest: > > Here is the output of the `dd` command using urandom: > > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/stdout bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C > 1+0 records in > 1+0 records out > 00000000 a0 69 1a 7c 8f 32 e5 21 ae 7a 33 14 68 0b 8e a6 > |.i.|.2.!.z3.h...|
... etc. Looking good. > $ ls -l /dev/*rand* > crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 3 Sep 3 21:46 /dev/random > crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 4 Sep 3 21:46 /dev/urandom Also good. > > > So then, as root I ran: `chmod 0666 /dev/stdout` and then I ran your > >`dd` > > > command and got: > > > > > > $ dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/stdout bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C > > > 0+0 records in > > > 0+0 records out > > > 0 bytes transferred in 0.000036 secs (0 bytes/sec) Can you try a few of these while furiously abusing your keyboard? I'm trying to see if /dev/random can be persuaded to give _any_ aoutput at all. Maybe do it on a vty instead of in X. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
