On Mi, 17.04.19 15:14, Steve Grubb (sgr...@redhat.com) wrote: > #!/bin/sh > > while [ 1 ] > do > /bin/cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail > sleep 1 > done > > Then in another: > > cat /dev/random >/dev/null > > After a couple seconds, hit ctl-c to kill cat. Watch what happens to the > entropy.
Well, don't use /dev/random. Use /dev/urandom. The official documentation declares /dev/random a "legacy interface". http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/random.4.html Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Berlin _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
