You may also be running out of randomness... thymine # cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail 4096
If this number is zero or very low...that could be your problem. /dev/random blocks if there's not enough randomness.../dev/urandom does not. a shot in the dark... Chad P. -- ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html