On 09-Nov-2000 Manuel Segura wrote: > Hello, > I work on Debian Potato, > And I am generating passwords with makepasswd > The first time I call it, it works fine, but the second time > it is very slow: 7 to 9 seconds! > > Here is my code: > PASSWORD=`makepasswd --chars 8 --count 1` > PASSWORD=`makepasswd --chars 8 --count 1` >
it reads /dev/random. On a quiet system, there is not enough entropy for the random generator to creates random numbers with. Eventually enough data is collected and the random generator gives a value. Tab a control or shift key a few times. Or run something like find first. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
