On Tuesday 23 August 2011 18:54:52 Mike McCarty wrote:
> luxInteg wrote:
> > Greetings ,
> > 
> > I would be grateful if someone could advise on the   saving  and
> > retrieving of the  random seed on a BLFS installation   and if  the 
> > random-seed cant be
> 
> Which random seed? Do you mean the one described in <stdlib.h> for
> the pseudo random number generator?
> 
> > saved how does one generate one on boot from say time sources  or
> > whatever. ( when the only writable  area is /tmp)
> 
> The kernel has a device one can create to get truly random bits.
> 
> $ man -s4 random
> 
> I suggest trying
> 
> $ apropos <subject matter>
> 
> when you want to find things out. It's very helpful.
> 
> Mac


thanks
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