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Date:      Sun, 18 Aug 2002 23:58:54 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Xiaowei Yang <yxw@mit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.6.2 ssh: "PRNG not seeded"
Message-ID:  <20020818225854.GK15059@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <200208182237.g7IMbtxa000945@cordelia.lcs.mit.edu>
References:  <200208182237.g7IMbtxa000945@cordelia.lcs.mit.edu>

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Xiaowei Yang wrote:

> I installed the 4.6.2 release on my laptop today. When I used ssh as
> root, it worked fine. However, when I tried to use ssh as a user, it
> complained "PRNG not seeded".  I attached the output. If anyone knows
> how to fix it, please email me. Thanks!
>=20
> *****************start****************************
>=20
> bash-2.05a$ ssh -v mace       =20
> OpenSSH_3.4p1 FreeBSD-20020702, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090605f
> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> debug1: Applying options for *
> PRNG is not seeded
>=20
> *****************end******************************

"chmod a+r /dev/*rand*" as root fixed it for me.

--=20
Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org                 FreeBSD: The Power To Serve
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