** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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makepasswd hangs
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This bug was fixed in the package makepasswd - 1.10-11
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makepasswd (1.10-11) unstable; urgency=medium
* Switch to git; update Vcs-* fields.
* Use /dev/urandom as intended and documented, not /dev/random
(LP: #1573974).
-- Colin Watson Sat, 10 Feb 2018 02:04:29 +
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** Changed in: makepasswd (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
** Changed in: makepasswd (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)
** Changed in: makepasswd (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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It looks like this change was a result of Debian bug 792535 [1], which
switched the implementation from Crypt::OpenSSL::Random to
Bytes::Random::Secure [2].
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=792535
[2]
https://alioth.debian.org/scm/loggerhead/users/cjwatson/makepasswd/trunk/re
** Changed in: makepasswd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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The "hanging" behavior seems to be happening because makepasswd reads
from /dev/random. A workaround is to mash keys or move the mouse to
generate entropy. This only works if you have physical access to the
machine. It doesn't work if you're logged in via SSH.
The man page for makepasswd advertise
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: makepasswd (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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