Hi, Thanks for posting your solution. Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics
>-----Original Message----- >From: Igor Zlatkovic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 2:00 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: TLS-Enabled Connector Prevents Startup > >I have found the solution and will share it here incase someone >encounters a similar problem in the future. > >The solution is: > > # cd /dev > # mv random random-old > # ln -s urandom random > >however bizarre that may sound. It seems that the recent Linux kernel >update wasn't up to Tomcat's liking. For whatever the reason, Tomcat's >initialising of the TLS connector blocks in a read from /dev/random, >always. Ensuring that it reads from /dev/urandom instead makes it happy >again. > >Although I haven't had anything to try with, I assume that every Java >program was affected by this, not only Tomcat. I am also aware of the >fact that this kind of solution is far from perfect, but it is a way >through until I find something else. > >Thanks to everyone for answers and suggestions. > >Ciao, >Igor > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
