Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:23:05 +0100 From: Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any doc reference on /entropy file ? Message-ID: <4947C7D9.6090909@dugas-family.org> In-Reply-To: <20081216160701.L61449@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org> <4947A83A.6050101@dugas-family.org> <20081216160701.L61449@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> -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... > > at startup it seeds random generator, every 11 minutes and at shutdown > it's saved from random generator. > > it's here to make random generator more random - not starting clean at > boot. Thanks a lot ! 1- How may i suggest/learn to add this info in the random generator man page, so that a search in doc gives the right result ? 2- As / will be mounted read-only, how can i tell the ramdom generator to put this /entropy file somewhere in /var, where i think it should be ? Or is there any tricky hidden problem ? Thanks a lot, Best regards, -- Bernard DUGAS Mobile +33 615 333 770
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