Ok - I feel like I'm making progress but I'm still getting error messages.
When I run:
egd.pl /etc/entropy read 255
I get:
IO::Socket::INET: Cannot assign requested address at /usr/bin/egd.pl line 553
can't create socket 255 : Bad file number at /usr/bin/egd.pl line 578.
Also, when I run:
openssl s_client -connect localhost:443 -state -debug
I get:
unable to load 'random state'
This means that the random number generator has not been seeded
with much random data.
Consider setting the RANDFILE environment variable to point at a file that
'random' data can be kept in (the file will be overwritten).
connect: Connection refused
connect:errno=111
Where would I set the RANDFILE environment variable?
Thanks, everybody for being patient with me.
Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:57:03AM -0400, Diana Moreland wrote:
> > Thanks - that made a big difference. However, I noticed that the /etc/entropy
> > file is not growing in size - it's still at 0 bytes even though the daemon has
> > been running for several hours.
> >
> > It's entirely possible that I used the wrong procedure to create the
> > /etc/entropy file - all I did was create an empty text file.
> >
> > What is the correct way to create a file as a socket? If this is a stupid
> > question, I apologize for wasting everyone's time.
>
> You do not create the file, EGD will create it for you on startup, as it
> is not normal file but a socket:
> serv01 243: ls -al /var/run/egd-pool
> srwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 0 Jul 3 11:11 /var/run/egd-pool
>
> mod_ssl will connect to this socket and talk to the daemon:
> * Hey, give me 255bytes of random data
> * Ok, 255 bytes, here you are. (the number may be smaller when EGD is drained)
>
> Best regards,
> Lutz
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