On 02-04-24 10:55:59 CEST, Michael Bell wrote: > Robert Joop schrieb: > > > > On 02-04-24 00:40:06 CEST, Josef Vesely wrote: > > > > My error-ssl.log is full of "unable to write 'random state'" messages. Do you > > > know, what should be wrong? > > > > for cryptography, you need a lot of random bytes (you don't anyone to > > guess your keys, do you?). since truely random bytes are hard to get, it > > tries to keep them around in a file for later use. > > this file cannot be written. > > you should check the file's permissions. > > Must this file exist before using OpenSSL?
i guess not. but if you want to create a file, you need write permissions to the directory. > (We don't create var/crypto/keys/.rand. We only use this file in > openssl.cnf.) what perms does var/crypto/keys have? rj _______________________________________________ Openca-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openca-users
