Re: named’s “/dev/random" error on AIX

[Chris Buxton]

On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:11 PM, 蚂蚁蚂蚁 wrote:
> system info:AIX 5.3
> bind info : 9.6.0
>
> when i start up named , i get  serval error about "/dev/random" :
>
> #./named -g -d 99
> 07-Jan-2009 14:10:14.716 starting BIND 9.6.0 -g -d 99
> 07-Jan-2009 14:10:14.716 built with '--prefix=/data/aibind' '--enable-
> threads' '--with-randomdev=/dev/urandom' '--with-openssl=no' 'CC=xlc'
> 'CFLAGS=-q64'

> 07-Jan-2009 14:10:14.751 set maximum stack size to 2147483646: You
> must use the keyboard to create entropy, since your system is lacking
> /dev/random (or equivalent)

Not being an AIX user, I can't say for sure, but I notice that named  
reports that it was built with the random device set to /dev/urandom.  
Does your system have such a device node?

Chris Buxton
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