Robert Joop schrieb: > > 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?
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