Change the value of DEV_RANDOM in SASL's config.h -Rob
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Jon Rowell wrote: > Linking /dev/random to /dev/urandom fixed the problem but it made my > machine fail when it booted because of a device checking mechanism in > the boot process. > > Is there a way I can force cyrus to use /dev/urandom instead of > /dev/random? > > Jon Rowell > > On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 12:40 PM, Rob Siemborski wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Jon Rowell wrote: > > > >> Since the upgrade, I am getting a delayed response from my pop3d. I > >> have pop3 running on port 10110 and imap running on 10443 (as stated > >> in > >> cyrus.conf). If I startup master and then do "telnet localhost 10110" > >> I get the usual telnet stuff about "connected to localhost" and > >> "Escape > >> character" but instead of getting the usual "+OK hostname Cyrus POP3 > >> v2.1.12 server ready ..." stuff it just sits there. The greeting > >> message does come up but it takes 5 minutes. After the greeting comes > >> up, the server works fine. > >> > >> Imap appears to work fine. There is a split second delay that I don't > >> remember being there but otherwise it is fine. > > > > Run the strace/truss equivilant on the processes and see whats taking > > them > > so long. > > > > Offhand, it sounds like a /dev/random problem (not enough entropy), in > > which case the solution is to link /dev/urandom to /dev/random. > > > > -Rob > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 > > Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper
