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Re: /dev/random on 3.6-current

From: J.D. Bronson (jbronsonwixb.com)
Date: Sat Jan 15 2005 - 15:56:55 CST

At 03:40 PM 1/15/2005, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, J.D. Bronson wrote:
>
> > I installed a snapshot of 01-14-2005 and things seem fine
> > with one exception
> >
> > [shadow] 3:30:34pm /dev> cat random
> > cat: random: Input/output error
> > [shadow] 3:30:39pm /dev>
> >
> > but if I use 'cat urandom' - I get a ton of data.
> >
> > I am running postfix and it's complaining of I/O errors when talking to
> > /dev/random.
> >
> > any thoughts on this?
>
>Please do not crosspost.
>
>Quoting man 4 random:
>
> /dev/random This device is reserved for future support of hardware
> random generators.
>
> -Otto

Thanks. this did the trick.

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