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PRNG Error ?
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This can be caused for one of two reasons.
1. there is an internal error. The 'SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES: PRNG not seeded' error means there were not enough random numbers available to a daemon called "entropy" to create your proxy certificate. The entropy daemon will collect some more random numbers. Wait several seconds and try again.
2. On AIX machines, a random number generated in /dev/random is not being generated. There are two workarounds.
a) Create a .rnd file in your home directory with 200 bytes of random data (it doesn't matter what data this file contains)
b) Set this environment variable every time you login (place it in your shell startup file, e.g., .cshrc):
setenv EGD_PATH /etc/entropy
Regards Mike
Mike
"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."
1. there is an internal error. The 'SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES: PRNG not seeded' error means there were not enough random numbers available to a daemon called "entropy" to create your proxy certificate. The entropy daemon will collect some more random numbers. Wait several seconds and try again.
2. On AIX machines, a random number generated in /dev/random is not being generated. There are two workarounds.
a) Create a .rnd file in your home directory with 200 bytes of random data (it doesn't matter what data this file contains)
b) Set this environment variable every time you login (place it in your shell startup file, e.g., .cshrc):
setenv EGD_PATH /etc/entropy
Regards Mike
Mike
"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."
It depends on the config and version of ssh you installed, but the latest openssh packages direct from IBM, dont have the prng dependancy. Get it from here:
Otherwise, If you have compiled ssh or got it from Bull, you could install the prngd daemon to provide the missing random seed data (prolly also need openssl from here too for ssh):
I prefer the first solution, as the prngd daemon seems to send junk to the console, and is yet another daemon dependancy.
JurgyMan
Otherwise, If you have compiled ssh or got it from Bull, you could install the prngd daemon to provide the missing random seed data (prolly also need openssl from here too for ssh):
I prefer the first solution, as the prngd daemon seems to send junk to the console, and is yet another daemon dependancy.
JurgyMan
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