openssh bugs - May 2003 - [Bug 575] a bug make me crazy--PRNG is not seeded

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575

           Summary: a bug make me crazy--PRNG is not seeded
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: -current
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Build system
        AssignedTo: openssh-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: lion_3875 at sina.com


hi:
	
    Now, i have a headache for a embeded product, i need port openssh to this 
platform,
it's arch is ARCA1(a chinese CPU), it's not important.
    
    ok, i compiled the openssh3.3.6p1 with arca1 compiler, it's ok.
    
    after i put it on the platform, a message show me on the screen----PRNG is 
not seeded. 

    God! i search solution for a whole day, but no result. 
 
    my openssl version is 0.9.6, my system have not the device RANDOM, may be 
caused by this reason? 

    what can i do? copy a '/dev/random' and '/dev/urandom' to
/dev on the ARCA1
platform from any where in x86 system? i tried, but failed.

    give me a solution for this problem please, it's really important for
me.

  								
					thanks a lot, linux fans 
                                                        
	                                                         
lion_3875 at sina.com
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							??2003-05-24



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------- Additional Comments From mouring at eviladmin.org  2003-05-25 05:38
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1. check for a /dev/random and /dev/urandom  (all Linux should have it
no matter what cpu they are running on).
2. at the end of ./configure  it shows you a matrix of features.  Please
post that.  One of the lines has to do with testing to see if OpenSSL can
seed itself or if it needs help.

- Ben



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------- Additional Comments From dtucker at zip.com.au  2003-05-25 16:18 -------
/dev/random and /dev/urandom are device special files, so you'll need to
either
"cp -a" them or recreate them with the appropriate mknod commands on
your
platform.

You may need to recompile OpenSSL once you've created the device files, then
recompile OpenSSH.

You can also try configure'ing OpenSSH with --with-rand-helper.




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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WORKSFORME



------- Additional Comments From djm at mindrot.org  2003-06-04 23:46 -------
Local configuration issue



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