From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 13:06:17 2008 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 914581065673 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernard@dugas-family.org) Received: from smtp11.ispronet.com (smtp11.ispronet.com [81.28.196.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547958FC19 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernard@dugas-family.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp11.ispronet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE8D5B84E for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:06:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp11.ispronet.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp11.ispronet.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 36408-07 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:06:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.59] (unknown [81.28.194.61]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp11.ispronet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:06:06 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4947A83A.6050101@dugas-family.org> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:08:10 +0100 From: Bernard Dugas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; fr-FR; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 X-Accept-Language: fr,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ispronet.com Subject: Any doc reference on /entropy file ? 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: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:06:17 -0000 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,