Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:08:10 +0100 From: Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Any doc reference on /entropy file ? Message-ID: <4947A83A.6050101@dugas-family.org> In-Reply-To: <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi, When i look at / in a standard installation like : FreeBSD XXX 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 There is only 1 file, named entropy : -rw------- 1 root wheel 4096 Dec 11 17:36 entropy I can't find any reference to that file in FreeBSD doc. Any reference to it ? What is it used for ? I have look in RANDOM area, but no reference... Do i have to keep it read/write ? Can i put it in /var instead of / to be able to keep / read-only ? Thanks a lot, Best regards,
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