Maarten Wiltink wrote: > "rtxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> David J Taylor wrote: > >>> In the event log NTP is showing errors: "Unable to initialise the .rnd >>> file", but I don't think that's key to the operation of NTP itself. >>> The NTP service shows as running, and the W32time service as stopped. > >> You could find a GNU/linux or freebsd system with openssl installed: >> >> # openssl rand 1024 > x >> >> ...then move the file "x" to someplace your "other os" ntp can find it >> with the name "dot rnd" (not sure if you can specify another name). > > There's an environment variable 'RANDFILE' on my system with a likely- > looking path. OTOH, it may be for PuTTY. >
Yes but remember (if you knew) that on Windows and ntpd runs under it's own account as a service. You need to get RANDFILE defined for the account and it's not a account you can log onto. If you define it globally, everyone gets it. The alternative is to put it in the home directory of the account which looks something like X:\Documents and Settings\ntpd\ where X: is the appropriate drive. YMMV. Danny > Groetjes, > Maarten Wiltink _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
