Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:36:00 -0500 From: "Jeff MacDonald" <jeff@interchange.ca> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: rndc-conf is freezing.. Message-ID: <HJEPJELDKPJEEIIFNLNHEEANCBAA.jeff@interchange.ca> In-Reply-To: <20021202091920.GA60710@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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I actuallly ran rndc-confgen -r somefileonmysystem it worked great. Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew Seaman > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 4:19 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: rndc-conf is freezing.. > > > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:08:44PM -0500, Jeff MacDonald wrote: > > I've read a few threads that say rndc-confgen may freeze because > > /dev/random isnt' random enough. > > > > I've set the rand_irqs in rc.conf, as well hammered on the keyboard > > some while rndc-confgen is runnning and it still sits there. > > > > anyone know what can be done? I have bind9 running fine, but if > > i update anything i have to do a kill/named to read config changes. > > which is less than elegant ;) > > You can run: > > rndc-confgen -r keyboard > > which will use the keyboard interactively as a source of randomness. > > Or you can just run rndc-confgen on another host and copy the files it > generates over to your DNS server. > > The 'secret' in the generated config files is just a base64 encoded > short piece of text. You can generate a secret using 'mmencode' as > described in the rndc.conf(5) man page. However, it's not necessary to > install the metamail package, as openssl will do the job: > > % echo secret-password | openssl base64 > c2VjcmV0LXBhc3N3b3JkCg== > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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