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This fixes the sample shellscripts given in the comments of drivers/char/random.c. The scripts save and restore random seeds for /dev/random across reboots. --- linux/drivers/char/random.c.orig 2002-09-14 14:56:03.000000000 -0400 +++ linux/drivers/char/random.c 2002-09-14 14:56:51.000000000 -0400 @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ * chmod 600 $random_seed * poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize * [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512 - * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes + * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes * * and the following lines in an appropriate script which is run as * the system is shutdown: @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ * chmod 600 $random_seed * poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize * [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512 - * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes + * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=i$bytes * * For example, on most modern systems using the System V init * scripts, such code fragments would be found in Dave Maietta 37167 North Orchard Cr #4-60 Westland MI 48186 734-326-3059 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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