On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Robert Scardapane wrote:
> I am getting stuck in the same place as everyone else. Can not make a certificate
>because of the lack of "/dev/random" and can not start apache because the PRNG can
>not be seeded. If your system does not have such a device what do you do. I tried
>usi
ng the runtime directive to seed PRNG with "builtin" data (that fails). I tried
seeding from an external file - that fails. I tried building $HOME/.rnd - that fails.
>
> It would seem that the higher levels of mod_ssl has this problem as well.
>
> Is there a solution or does the OS just have to have a "/dev/random" ?
1. You must have failed certain sections with 'make test' with 0.9.5. already. For it,
If you have root access:
cp /path/to/a/big/file /dev/urandom # if you are on Solaris
Or:
$ RANDFILE=/path/to/a/big/useless/file; export RANDFILE
or
setenv RANDFILE /path/to/a/big/useless/file
depending on what sh you use.
2. with apache:
set in httpd.conf:
SSLRandomSeed startup file:/path/to/a/big/useless/fil
SSLRandomSeed connect file:/path/to/a/big/useless/fil
Good luck!
Jie
