Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:03:58 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Firsto Lasto <firstolasto@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PRNG not seeded - error in non-root ssh inside 4.6.2 jails... Message-ID: <20021003190358.GD3372@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <F171CrbreLDwdbWKEVq000004f0@hotmail.com> References: <F171CrbreLDwdbWKEVq000004f0@hotmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 11:38:27PM -0700, Firsto Lasto wrote: > Hello, > > I have found that if you create a jail in FreeBSD 4.6.2, and then log into > that jail ... if you are root you can scp and ssh just fine. However if you > are not root and you attempt to ssh or scp, you get this error: > > PRNG is not seeded This means it can't read from /dev/urandom. > A few details - first, I created my jail by simply using the dump command to > dump my / filesystem, and then restoring that inside the jail. Not elegant, > but it works - so the jail in question has a full /dev and everything. > > Second, I used the exact same method in 4.6.1 and did not have problems. > > I saw a usenet post that recommended solving the problem with this: > > "chmod a+r /dev/*rand*" > > however I tried that, and now when I try to ssh or scp from a non root user > inside the jail, I get: > > "Host key verification failed" This sounds like an operational error, i.e. you have the wrong keys installed for that host. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9nJSeWry0BWjoQKURAqMTAKDoY76C9X1wGzUDH9AeiRKfcNB4TwCglETF IfVVv5EjB6s3a/tDw8GaWIM= =tqUP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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