[Pkg-exim4-users] regenerating certificates

Marc Haber
Fri, 16 May 2008 10:33:53 -0000

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 08:29:08PM -0700, Ross Boylan
wrote:
> Thanks to the recent openssl problems I reran exim-gencert (with
> --force).  Is the "?unable to write ''random
state''" message shown below
> cause for concern?

No idea.

> --------------------------------------------------
> corn:/etc/exim4# /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/examples/exim-gencert --force
> [*] Creating a self signed SSL certificate for Exim!
>     This may be sufficient to establish encrypted connections but for
>     secure identification you need to buy a real certificate!
>
>     Please enter the hostname of your MTA at the Common Name (CN)
> prompt!
>
> Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
> .....++++++
> ..++++++
> unable to write ''random state''
> writing new private key to ''/etc/exim4/exim.key''
> -----

Can you try strace -f on exim-gencert to find out which file it is
trying to access?

Greetins
Marc

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