Hi,
I am working on a Windows Installer for NTP which includes libeay32.dll
and ssleay32.dll and already have released a number of versions (see
http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm).
A number of users have problems with the location of the random seed
file (.rnd) which is per default "C:\" on Windows systems. My installer
installs NTP as a system service and for security reasons creates a
special account with limited rights to run the service.
This account is not allowed to write to "C:\". I am aware of the
possibility to use an environment variable HOME or RANDFILE, but there
are a few drawbacks:
- defining a environment variable for a specific user is kind of tricky
under windows and using a systemwide variable seems incorrect/insecure to me
My suggestion would be to change the default location on Windows Systems
from C:\.rnd to %USERPROFILE%, which is already existing on all Windows
NT/2K/XP/and so on systems.
Is this an option for you? If yes, I could provide a small patch. If
not, please let me know why.
Thank you for your great piece of software!
Kind regards,
Heiko
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