> > So, my question is this: In FIPS mode, what would cause the random
> > number generation to not initialize?
> 
> I remember that Red Hat's version of "FIPS mode" involved crypto
> features (including RNGs) just refusing to work in modes deemed
> inadequately secure.  So my guess is that psql is trying to configure
> OpenSSL with some inadequately-secure settings.  Not sure why it'd be
> different from the server though.  Are you sure psql and the libpq it's
> using are same version as the apparently-working server?
> 
>                       regards, tom lane

Hi, Tom.

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll look into the settings and see what I can 
find. 

I double checked the installed packages and they seem to be from my same 
postgresql build (i.e. note my timestamp of 1459281538): 

# dpkg -l | grep postgres
ii  postgresql-9.3                      
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04~et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538 amd64        object-relational 
SQL database, version 9.3 server
ii  postgresql-9.3-dbg                  
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04~et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538 amd64        debug symbols for 
postgresql-9.3
ii  postgresql-client-9.3               
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04~et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538 amd64        front-end programs 
for PostgreSQL 9.3
ii  postgresql-client-common            154-et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538           
        all          manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions
ii  postgresql-common                   154-et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538           
        all          PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
ii  postgresql-contrib-9.3              
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04~et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538 amd64        additional 
facilities for PostgreSQL
ii  postgresql-json-build               1.1.0-et3                               
        amd64        json_build extension for postgresql
ii  postgresql-plpython-9.3             
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04~et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538 amd64        PL/Python 
procedural language for PostgreSQL 9.3
# dpkg -l | grep libpq
ii  libpq5                              
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04~et1~fips~2.0.9~1459281538 amd64        PostgreSQL C 
client library
# dpkg -S /usr/bin/psql 
postgresql-client-common: /usr/bin/psql
# dpkg -S /usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/postgres
postgresql-9.3: /usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/postgres
# psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U postgres -d sslmode=require
psql: SSL SYSCALL error (0): EOF detected, err=5

So, I believe that psql and libpq are from the same version as the currently 
working server. 

Regards, 

Rodney


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