From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 07:22:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E8016A4CF for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:22:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14EBC43D2D for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:22:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8B948A55 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:22:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010374pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.69]) by panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F932AA0E for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:22:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AmaTG-0004pD-00 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:22:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:22:14 -0500 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20040130152214.GA18353@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 10:18:42 up 25 days, 21:22, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.09, 0.08 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: rndc-confgen -a goes off forever X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:22:24 -0000 I'm trying to set up bind 9 on a 4.9 STABLE machine. Looking in theprots message file, it says tehat I need to generate a source of random numberes by using rndc-confgen -a. When I type this command, it never returns (It's been linke 10 minutes). and to shos that it's not using any CPU cycles. I am running this as root. What am I doing wrong? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin