Bernd Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: krb5-admin-server > Version: 1.4.3-6 > Severity: important
> While testing kerberos on my home system I noticed that > krb5-admin-server hangs on almost each system startup. After pressing > randomly some keys the boot process goes on. While this is already > annoying on my desktop system, it is not acceptable for a remotely > administrated system. FWIW, I'm not seeing this on my systems, so I'm wondering what's different between my setup and yours. > I think this should be fixable using the following patch and I'm just > recompiling to test it. > --- prng.c.old 2006-04-22 17:34:54.000000000 +0200 > +++ prng.c 2006-04-22 17:35:21.000000000 +0200 > @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ > int fd; > unsigned char buf[YARROW_SLOW_THRESH/8]; > int left; > - fd = open (device, O_RDONLY); > + fd = open (device, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK); > if (fd == -1) > return 0; > if (fstat (fd, &sb) == -1) It would surprise me if this helped at all, since if your understanding of what's happening is correct, the hang is from trying to read entropy, not just opening the device. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
