On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:48:46 +0400, Andrej Cernov wrote: > In very recent -current, my entropy file writted and readed sucessfully, > but I got the same fortune quote again and again right after reboot! > > It means that anything writted to /dev/random not reseed it but _reset_ it > to the same default state. > How do you shutdown your machine: a) reboot or halt b) shutdown -r now If a) the /entropy file is not updated and the existing one will be used at next reboot. Only when using shutdown the /etc/rc.shutdown file will be executed. That was a problem for me, as I often use "halt". Regards -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 ZT IK 3, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 Muenchen / Germany | email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-2/5 fingerprint | D8 A5 DF 34 EC 87 E8 C6 E2 26 C4 D0 EE 80 36 B2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
