From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQSMo-0001mG-5u for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:38:46 -0700 Received: from ip-212-081-022-089.static.nextra.sk ([212.81.22.89] helo=meduna.org) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1KQSMm-0002AI-Od for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:38:46 -0700 Received: from [192.168.130.27] (lnxtleo01004.meduna.lan [192.168.130.27]) by meduna.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 515779C434 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:46:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4898AC10.3010602@meduna.org> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:37:52 +0200 From: Stanislav Meduna MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4896F8A1.6020203@meduna.org> <20080804164246.GA14805@c2.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20080804164246.GA14805@c2.user-mode-linux.org> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] /dev/random problems _not_ solved in 2.6.26 List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Jeff Dike wrote: > If nothing else works, I suppose a nasty workaround might be to > replace /dev/random with dev/urandom, but that has security > implications. I am aware of the implications, but unfortunately it did not help either. # ls -l /dev/*random* crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 2008-08-05 17:41 /dev/oldrandom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2008-08-05 17:41 /dev/random -> urandom crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 2008-08-05 17:42 /dev/urandom # grep random /var/log/auth.log Aug 5 19:53:50 dirk sshd[3117]: fatal: Couldn't obtain random bytes (error 604389476) # cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail 335 I am now talking to the host owner - he is running quite a few UML guests, each in chroot environment, and one of the problems is that his entropy gets sucked out... Now he has replaced random with urandom in my chroot jail, so the UML's random is his urandom. Let's see what happens... -- Stano ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel