Reading through the code of makepasswd is states the following: For low (nonzero) values of --rerandom, tap the CONTROL key at random intervals if the program seems to stall. The entropy base for /dev/random is depleted easily.
an lsof on /dev/random gives me a lot of sendmail connections: sendmail- 16367 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 16405 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 16432 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 16521 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 16532 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 16938 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 17036 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 17116 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 18464 root 5r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 18976 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 20606 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 20748 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 21106 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 21408 root 7r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 22649 root 7r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 22746 root 7r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 22906 root 6r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random sendmail- 23073 root 7r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random makepassw 24088 root 4r CHR 1,8 2342919 /dev/random ....
begin:vcard fn:Anthony Tippett n:Tippett;Anthony org:Sports-IT;Engineering email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:CTO tel;fax:425-642-8246 tel;cell:425-443-3152 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.sports-it.com version:2.1 end:vcard
