SSH: PRNG is not seeded

[maslett]

Hi all, am having a problem getting ssh working. Here's what I've done so far:

# pkgadd -d /usr/evl/zlib.114.pkg (installed ok)
# pkgadd -d /usr/evl/prngd-0.9.23.pkg (installed ok)
# /usr/local/sbin/prngd /usr/local/var/run/egd-pool & (no erros)
# pkgadd -d /usr/evl/openssh-3.4p1.pkg (installed ok)
# /usr/sbin/sshd &

and then get the following error

PRNG is not seeded

So, how do I get PRNG to seed?????

Cheers in advance

 

[maslett]

Forgot to say I'm running SCO Unixware 7.1.1

 

[cdlvj]

prngd daemon is running? Try a restart on it even though no errors indicated.

 

[maslett]

I rebooted the machine and now when I try running prngd it bombs out with no erros - just says 'Done'! This is the command I used

/usr/local/sbin/prngd /usr/local/var/run/egd-pool &

Hmmmm, things are getting worse!

 

[cdlvj]

this file exists & permissions are prwxrwxrwx?
/usr/local/var/run/egd-pool

 

[maslett]

Yep.

evl >ls -lr /usr/local/var/run/egd-pool
prwxrwxrwx    1 root     sys               0 Nov 17 11:23 /usr/local/var/run/egd-pool

Strange it ran earlier...

 

[cdlvj]

Thats correct, and it stays running.
See if there is anything in the syslog that might indicate any errors.

 

[maslett]

Syslog hasn't been touched since Apr 7th!

 

[maslett]

Sorry - wasn't a very helpful reply of mine. here's the list from /var/adm (latest file change at the bottom)

-rw-r--r--    1 root     sys               0 Apr  7  2003 X0msgs
-rw-------    1 root     root              1 Apr  7  2003 floppyconf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          13666 Apr  7  2003 syslog
-rw-rw-rw-    1 bin      bin               0 Apr  7  2003 spellhist
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root             59 Apr  7  2003 snmpd.log
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root            348 Jun 11  2003 dac960mon.log
drwx------    3 root     root           1024 Nov 10  2003 isl
drwxrwxr-x    5 adm      adm              96 Nov 10  2003 acct
drwxrwxr-x    2 adm      adm              96 Nov 10  2003 passwd
drwxrwxr-x    2 adm      adm              96 Nov 10  2003 streams
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     sys            1024 Nov 17 00:00 spa
drwxrwxr-x    2 adm      sys            1024 Nov 17 00:00 sa
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           4096 Nov 17 10:26 ftp.pids-all
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     root            142 Nov 17 15:21 shut.log
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root              0 Nov 17 15:23 pmd.log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          14100 Nov 17 15:23 metreg.data
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     root          11102 Nov 17 15:24 unixtsa.log
-rw-r--r--    1 sys      sys           24315 Nov 17 15:26 ttymap.data
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     root             42 Nov 17 15:26 dinit.log
drwxrwxr-x    2 adm      adm            2048 Nov 17 15:28 log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           3924 Nov 17 17:12 lastlog
-rw-rw-r--    1 adm      adm          534936 Nov 17 17:13 wtmpx
-rw-rw-r--    1 adm      adm           51768 Nov 17 17:13 wtmp
-rw-rw-r--    1 adm      adm           29016 Nov 17 17:13 utmpx
-rw-rw-r--    1 adm      adm            2808 Nov 17 17:13 utmp
-rw-------    1 root     sys            7114 Nov 17 17:14 sulog

I ran the prngd command before I listed the directory.

 

[cdlvj]

Ok, what about Service Pack on your system, Looking at the SCO site it indicates a newer version of ssh

openssh package Updated Secure Shell remote access utility
3.7.1p2 (OpenSSH)

 

[ttn3d1]

Maslett. Have you ever solved this problem?
I am running into the exact same situation and
hope I can learn from your experience.