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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:43:25 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to generate random numbers?
Message-ID:  <44odt9uygy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4512942A.1020400@bulinfo.net> (Krassimir Slavchev's message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:31:22 %2B0300")
References:  <4512942A.1020400@bulinfo.net>

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Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net> writes:

> When I try to generate random bytes  using rand() or random()
> functions I found that these functions
> return constant values!?

Show your code (preferably a minimal, compilable, example); 
chances are that you are not initializing the state properly 
for use of those functions.  Note that those functions are not 
in any way related to the kernel random(4) device.

I suspect this question would be more appropriate on
FreeBSD-Questions; the version of FreeBSD you're running 
isn't really relevant.  



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