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Date:      Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:47:36 +0100
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d preseedrandom 
Message-ID:  <200406070947.i579lbFR032384@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:16:19 -0000." <200406070916.i579GJLe052073@repoman.freebsd.org> 

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"David E. O'Brien" writes:
> obrien      2004-06-07 09:16:19 UTC
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     etc/rc.d             preseedrandom 
>   Log:
>   Don't assume everyone's /etc/[default/]rc.conf 'entropy_file' is "/entropy"
> .

This has foot-shooting potential. Preseedrandom is run before
filesystems are mounted, so ${entropy_file} MUST be on / .

Please document that.

M
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Mark Murray
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