Opened 10 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

#5378 closed enhancement (fixed)

bind uses /dev/urandom, but /dev/random is created

Reported by: ojab Owned by: bdubbs@…
Priority: normal Milestone: 7.6
Component: BOOK Version: SVN
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc:

Description

​http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/server/bind.html

./configure --with-randomdev=/dev/urandom

But in configuration section

mknod /srv/named/dev/random c 1 8

which should be

mknod /srv/named/dev/urandom c 1 9

Change History (6)

comment:1 by ojab, 10 years ago

(and also chmod 666 /srv/named/dev/{null,random} should be changed to chmod 666 /srv/named/dev/{null,urandom})

comment:2 by Armin K, 10 years ago

Implemented in systemd branch.

comment:3 by bdubbs@…, 10 years ago

Owner: changed from blfs-book@… to bdubbs@…
Status: new → assigned

comment:4 by bdubbs@…, 10 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: assigned → closed

Fixed at revision 14096.

comment:5 by ojab, 10 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: closed → reopened

mknod still called with minor 8, which should be 9.

comment:6 by bdubbs@…, 10 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: reopened → closed

OK fixed in revision 14112.

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