Thanks for the tip.
BTW, sshd has died too now.
I installed the ANDIrand package, but openssh sshd still won't fire up.
error: Couldn't connect to EGD socket "/entropy": Connection refused
Do I have to re-./configure openssh?
Do I have to wait for entropy to gather randomness?
Charlie Lamm
CIO, Zoomedia Inc. 415-474-1192 x262
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On 28 Oct 2000, Chris D.Halverson wrote:
> Charlie Lamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Couldn't connect to EGD socket "/entropy": Connection refused
> > Entropy collection failed and entropy exhausted
> >
> > sshd works (you can ssh into the system) but ssh going out doesn't.
> >
> > Any idea what's wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> You don't have a good source of randomness. You can either install the
> EGD (Entropy Gathering Daemon) or you can install the ANDIrand package
> available at:
>
> http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/
>
> I'm using it on a number of production Solaris servers with no
> problem.
>
> cdh
>
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