On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:57:03AM -0400, Diana Moreland wrote:
> Thanks - that made a big difference. However, I noticed that the /etc/entropy
> file is not growing in size - it's still at 0 bytes even though the daemon has
> been running for several hours.
>
> It's entirely possible that I used the wrong procedure to create the
> /etc/entropy file - all I did was create an empty text file.
>
> What is the correct way to create a file as a socket? If this is a stupid
> question, I apologize for wasting everyone's time.
You do not create the file, EGD will create it for you on startup, as it
is not normal file but a socket:
serv01 243: ls -al /var/run/egd-pool
srwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 0 Jul 3 11:11 /var/run/egd-pool
mod_ssl will connect to this socket and talk to the daemon:
* Hey, give me 255bytes of random data
* Ok, 255 bytes, here you are. (the number may be smaller when EGD is drained)
Best regards,
Lutz
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