> In message <Pine.GSO.3.96.981219213613.7450G-100000@mail2.sas.upenn.edu>,
> Vladi
> mir Dergachev writes:
> +-----
> | > init does it based on /etc/inittab
> |
> | Random number generator - it's the sshd (secure shell daemon). sshd has to
> +--->8
>
> No, that's the configuration of /dev/random, which on RH is the last thing
> done in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. His problem sounds rather like someone set
> initrunlvl to 6....
>
stupid question - what is /dev/random ? (and why do you need it ? )
I never used it..
Vladimir Dergachev
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> brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
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> carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
>
>
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