Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:22:21 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [src] cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d preseedrandom Message-ID: <20040607202221.GA46456@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040607182216.GB28779@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200406070916.i579GJLe052073@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040607091630.8659116A58E@hub.freebsd.org> <20040607182216.GB28779@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:22:16AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 09:16:30AM +0000, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > obrien 2004-06-07 09:16:19 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > etc/rc.d preseedrandom > > Log: > > Don't assume everyone's /etc/[default/]rc.conf 'entropy_file' is "/entropy". > > This was deliberate. The preseedrandom script only exists to get > enough entropy into the system to get initdiskless off the ground. > Real entropy seeding takes place in initrandom. You must not assume > rc.conf exists when preseedrandom is called! The only things you get to > assume are a / as populated by installworld and an /etc as populated by > make distribute. At that /etc/rc.conf may not exist since it could be > created by initdiskless. Our diskless setup has become overly convoluted -- I still use the simple Sun-style. That said /etc/defaults/rc.conf is populated by 'make installworld'. We have a published interface (entropy_file="/entropy" # Set to NO to disable caching entropy through reboots), and 'rc.d/preseedrandom' should be made to properly use it. If some diskless environments are too broken to allow the published interface, why can't hacks for them be added to 'rc.d/initdiskless'? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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