Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:54:17 +0100 From: Bernd Trippel <trip@nosubject.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Subject: Re: Cron <operator@systemname> /usr/libexec/save-entropy Message-ID: <20060922175417.ixzbkp8gsg000c8k@webmail.nosubject.org> In-Reply-To: <200609221439.k8MEdLsN010608@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200609221439.k8MEdLsN010608@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Quoting Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>: > I must have dome something wrong setting up a FreeBSD5.4 > system, but I haven't a clue as to what. > > The script is called save-entropy, a great idea, but it > acts as if lots of the configuration it needs is missing. I do > have ipfw running and it got all the rules I put in to it via a > rule-setting script called in rc.conf.local but the message that > cron generates every eleven minutes shows that something is very > unhappy. > > For now, I simply commented out the save-entropy run for > a bit of peace and quiet, but the entropy is now not being > updated which is not a good thing. > > What do I need to look at to fix this properly? > > Thank you. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > > ------- Forwarded Message > > > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:55:00 CDT > > From: operator@fqdn (Cron Daemon) > Subject: Cron <operator@sysname> /usr/libexec/save-entropy > > > ipfw: not found > > That repeats 15 more times. > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > Seems you have a line containing only "ipfw" in your rc.conf. Comment it out or remove it. save-entropy relies on files specified in rc.conf.
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