> I have a server running OpenBSD 4.2-current and acting as a 
> name server. It always has these messages in the /var/log/daemon 
> file upon startup:
> 
>  Oct 27 05:51:38 racine named[3780]: could not open entropy \
>  source  /dev/arandom: file not found
>  Oct 27 05:51:38 racine named[3780]: using pre-chroot entropy \
>  source  /dev/arandom
> 
> That never bothered me, until I needed to use Men and Mice 
> DNS Server Controller management tools on my OBSD name server, 
> but that is another story.

Ignore the messages.  They mean nothing.  Our BIND, when running,
does not use that stupid mechanism for entropy.

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