Re: [Bulk] Re: random.seed and read only root
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:22:55 -0700 Philip Guenther wrote: So I guess I am either missing something or should just wait for an actual release or two to see what's planned for ro root. Doesn't read-only root require additional hacks already to make device ownership work? You're kludging the system already; just add another line to the kludge for this... True (mfs /dev) and makes sense all things considered. Thanks, Kc
Re: random.seed and read only root
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Kevin Chadwick ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: previously on this list Kevin Chadwick contributed: After noticing random.seed change failure messages on shutdown. I have been modding /etc/rc? --- etc/rc Fri Aug 8 07:05:50 2014 +++ etc/rc.new Mon Aug 18 19:04:49 2014 @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ _rc_parse_conf if [ X$1 = Xshutdown ]; then + /sbin/mount -uw / if echo 2/dev/null /var/db/host.random || \ echo 2/dev/null /etc/random.seed; then random_seed So I guess I am either missing something or should just wait for an actual release or two to see what's planned for ro root. Doesn't read-only root require additional hacks already to make device ownership work? You're kludging the system already; just add another line to the kludge for this... Philip Guenther
Re: random.seed and read only root
previously on this list Kevin Chadwick contributed: After noticing random.seed change failure messages on shutdown. I have been modding /etc/rc? --- etc/rc Fri Aug 8 07:05:50 2014 +++ etc/rc.new Mon Aug 18 19:04:49 2014 @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ _rc_parse_conf if [ X$1 = Xshutdown ]; then + /sbin/mount -uw / if echo 2/dev/null /var/db/host.random || \ echo 2/dev/null /etc/random.seed; then random_seed So I guess I am either missing something or should just wait for an actual release or two to see what's planned for ro root. In case it is of any use to anyone. I've added this one liner to an existing boot script of mine so I don't need to remember to edit /etc/rc. printf /X\shutdown\\n+1\ni\n\t\/sbin\/mount -uw \/\n.\nw\nq\n | /bin/ed /etc/rc -- ___ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) In Other Words - Don't design like polkit or systemd ___
random.seed and read only root
After noticing random.seed change failure messages on shutdown. I have been modding /etc/rc? --- etc/rc Fri Aug 8 07:05:50 2014 +++ etc/rc.new Mon Aug 18 19:04:49 2014 @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ _rc_parse_conf if [ X$1 = Xshutdown ]; then + /sbin/mount -uw / if echo 2/dev/null /var/db/host.random || \ echo 2/dev/null /etc/random.seed; then random_seed -- ___ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) In Other Words - Don't design like polkit or systemd ___
