Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't seem to be the case in my
situation.
However I did notice things like nslookup and host are now reporting
this error after attempting to start /etc/rc.d/sshd start
# host www.freebsd.org
Entropy device is blocking.
# nslookup www.freebsd.org
Entropy device is blocking.
I confirmed by rebooting the server and making sure sshd didn't try
to start on bootup nslookup and host are working, as soon as I try to
start sshd, I start getting the errors.
I am baffled as to what is going on.
Thank you,
Stephane Raimbault, Systems Administrator
Enertiasoft, a Premier Technologies Company
230n, 3015 5th Avenue NE Calgary, AB, Canada T2A 6T8
toll free. 866 ENE RTIA (363 7842)
office. 403 228 9292
fax. 403 228 8993
On 1-Sep-05, at 2:58 PM, Kurt Buff wrote:
I ran into it just yesterday.
I was walking a newb in our IT department through setting up a
server, and
he used all caps for the domain.tld portion of the server name -
testbed.ZETRON.COM.
Had the same problem as you describe. Edited the /etc/rc.conf, had him
reboot and try again, and it worked just fine.
Kurt
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Stephane Raimbault
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 13:18
To: Vivek Khera
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Subject: Re: 5.4: Can't start ssh due to entropy source blocking?
yes sorry I wasn't more clear. I tried putting a bunch of junk on
the screen as well as just left it blank and the result was the
same. Is it possible I didn't provide enough junk? I haven't seen
this behavior before?
Thanks,
Stephane
On 1-Sep-05, at 2:07 PM, Vivek Khera wrote:
On Sep 1, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Stephane Raimbault wrote:
Type a full screenful of random junk to unblock
it and remember to finish with <enter>. This will
timeout in 300 seconds, but waiting for
the timeout without typing junk may make the
entropy source deliver predictable output.
Just hit <enter> for fast+insecure startup.
so what did you do, just hit enter or did you follow the
instructions and type a screenful of junk?
Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
+1-301-869-4449 x806
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