* Andreas Metzler: > we still seem have not been able to find a really working solution, > this patch > <http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim/trunk/debian/patches/65_saverandomseed.dpatch?op=file&rev=0&sc=0> > causes crashes in exim.
IIRC, I have already posted this, but perhaps my wording was a bit unclear. I don't think the seed file approach works for a forking daemon like Exim because you cannot guaranteed an undisturbed read/modify/write cycle on the seed file. Locking is out of the question, too, because it would bring the mail system to a standstill. And it's arguably not a good idea to reuse the same seed file in different forked children. You need a separate daemon, or trust the kernel and read fewer bytes from /dev/urandom. -- Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99
