From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 15 23:37:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6941065670 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oloringr@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B0B8FC18 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so1622694eyd.9 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:x-face:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=rGcmvu5IgM0M4LSISPJIyKRCsXLktqy0vJrFUC3/Hl4=; b=xpXdRYSugxobYPvK4XcT+sjfGz9fPhAaacpQzOy1bX1OMjGUBS01xJbtNKti2VR2u8 T4bFKyNTgVQsxb/L2BkVwDoj/b8YsZB/DbQYTNSB8Qm9o5B1QNSz++cv4IG1SJ5NBVpw rwQDIKOi1/g1ccGccFH10d+RFiFgSv7cGKa50= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:x-face :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=GNoO2tf43EPK6OFsnKaegR6ZjgNJ/KxI+ROuvtFg73jP7eOkzLGFMXz685FjJqmbwX v2kKT4sIXihQGub7faIxV9skDHe0mbmyGDOrbtnjrlzpiWcxTjmQTbV6bJ9LTFdtM+tR mNEwNagrnbRo5XTR2kFjYk+XusIUnxqta+Ah0= Received: by 10.216.86.17 with SMTP id v17mr1099285wee.192.1258328239282; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from media.localnet (adsl71-46.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.118.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m5sm8480376gve.26.2009.11.15.15.37.17 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:18 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Jobs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:37:52 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (Linux/2.6.31-ARCH; KDE/4.3.3; i686; ; ) References: <200911151830.02578.oloringr@gmail.com> <200911160038.10993.oloringr@gmail.com> <200911152358.57050.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <200911152358.57050.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> X-Face: %5EDs|At1pm>WE%P0}6)Hi*s, JH2J${69~j)R"Yu'^P9R3#fvi{LmpsCzxvX*38/, kxcUd QVrlS0G,}-ll{||\P]; *'Gz`RTG+dzconmNyDY3rJHBmpEJkFj|; %vZO&~T")='B<; 88~[ Cltx6#}N*E MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2246158.pBaHsKDhF4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911160137.52555.oloringr@gmail.com> Subject: Re: weird save-entropy behaviour X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:37:21 -0000 --nextPart2246158.pBaHsKDhF4 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday 16 November 2009 00:58, Mel Flynn wrote: > Does the cron log (/var/log/cron) show that it was run as operator around > the time it started? > /usr/sbin/cron[47350]: (operator) CMD (/usr/libexec/save-entropy) >=20 > Even if it wasn't, I don't see a reason for such a buildup. Unless....sin= ce > stdin isn't sending anything, it could be the scripts wait indefinitely f= or > user confirmation, then finally get killed off by some limit. There should > be some hint at that in /var/log/messages around 5:50. > The script should probably do mv -f in line 76. >=20 you were right. there was something at the messages. Nov 15 05:50:49 hostname sshd[1126]: error: accept: Software caused=20 connection abort Nov 15 05:50:49 hostname last message repeated 6 times weird. the only thing in auth.log about sshd[1126] is: Nov 13 12:31:51 hostname sshd[1126]: Server listening on :: port 22. Nov 13 12:31:51 hostname sshd[1126]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. and the message that was in the messages log too. =2D-=20 Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, it should be hard= to=20 understand. --nextPart2246158.pBaHsKDhF4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAksAkNAACgkQBPpdVEWKA31i9wCg0kxB/oD/o8BDW/1zrfMExFcY hLkAnj9RPszwUXyenlMQswSp/z/xrGCL =68cC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2246158.pBaHsKDhF4--