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I have a need to provide ssh client binaries for use elsewhere on several platforms, some without /dev/random support. I can't assume that users will know how to install/run prngd or egd, so I was planning to rely on the builtin prng code. However this require the ssh_prng_cmds file to exist in a fixed location -- which would mean making binaries which either look for it in . or other

...gt;pw_dir, _PATH_SSH_USER_DIR); - mkdir(filename, 0700); + if (mkdir(filename, 0700) < 0) + fatal("mkdir: %s", strerror(errno)); snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%.512s/%s", pw->pw_dir, SSH_PRNG_SEED_FILE); @@ -774,6 +775,7 @@ prng_read_commands(char *cmdfilename) debug("Loaded %d entropy commands from %.100s", cur_cmd, cmdfilename); + fclose(f); return cur_cmd < MIN_ENTROPY_SOURCES ? -1 : 0; }

...============= RCS file: /usr/local/src/security/openssh/cvs/openssh_cvs/ssh-rand-helper.c,v retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -p -r1.29 ssh-rand-helper.c --- ssh-rand-helper.c 26 Mar 2006 03:22:48 -0000 1.29 +++ ssh-rand-helper.c 4 May 2006 02:01:13 -0000 @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ prng_read_commands(char *cmdfilename) } num_cmds = 64; - entcmd = xmalloc(num_cmds * sizeof(entropy_cmd_t)); + entcmd = xcalloc(num_cmds, sizeof(entropy_cmd_t)); memset(entcmd, '\0', num_cmds * sizeof(entropy_cmd_t)); /* Read in file */ Index: sshd.c ================================================================...

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Andre Lucas [SMTP:andre.lucas at dial.pipex.com] > Gesendet am: Freitag, 12. Mai 2000 16:37 > An: Bladt Norbert > Cc: 'Karsten Thygesen'; 'openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org'; > 'carl at bl.echidna.id.au' > Betreff: Re: Patch: OpenSSH 2.1.0 under Solaris 8, Solaris 7 and > other systems, too > > Well