Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:58:56 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <KBuff@zetron.com> To: 'Stephane Raimbault' <stephane@enertiasoft.com>, Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 5.4: Can't start ssh due to entropy source blocking? Message-ID: <054222519C2ED411A68E00508B603AC70A3D08A4@zetxch01.zetron.com>
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I ran into it just yesterday. I was walking a newb in our IT department through setting up a server, and he used all caps for the domain.tld portion of the server name - testbed.ZETRON.COM. Had the same problem as you describe. Edited the /etc/rc.conf, had him reboot and try again, and it worked just fine. Kurt > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of > Stephane Raimbault > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 13:18 > To: Vivek Khera > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: 5.4: Can't start ssh due to entropy source blocking? > > > yes sorry I wasn't more clear. I tried putting a bunch of junk on > the screen as well as just left it blank and the result was the > same. Is it possible I didn't provide enough junk? I haven't seen > this behavior before? > > Thanks, > Stephane > > On 1-Sep-05, at 2:07 PM, Vivek Khera wrote: > > > > > On Sep 1, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Stephane Raimbault wrote: > > > > > >> Type a full screenful of random junk to unblock > >> it and remember to finish with <enter>. This will > >> timeout in 300 seconds, but waiting for > >> the timeout without typing junk may make the > >> entropy source deliver predictable output. > >> > >> Just hit <enter> for fast+insecure startup. > >> > >> > > > > so what did you do, just hit enter or did you follow the > > instructions and type a screenful of junk? > > > > > > Vivek Khera, Ph.D. > > +1-301-869-4449 x806 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable- > > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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