sam wrote:
> sam wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I asked freebsd group, but didn't get a solutino for this issue, so I
>> try here for a reasonable answer.
>>
>> Every now and then when I freshly install FreeBSD, I sometimes get an
>> error message saying "kernel: Entropy device blocking" when I turn on
>> sshd in rc.conf file. I have search around in google but coudln't find
>> a right fix for it.
>>
>> Your suggestion is highly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sam
>
>
> Thanks for all the replies.
> After change the value of net.inet.ip.random_id to 0, sshd successfully
> create host keys in /etc/ssh.
> I m not sure whether the file entropy file was created in / before the
> change.
> In my kernel configuration, I commented out the option RANDOM_IP_ID,
> because it was said that in 5.3 random_id can be configured in
> sysctl.conf file, so I assign 1 to net.inet.ip.random_id. I m not
> whether this is randomly happened.
Unfortunately this is just happened to be working after rebooted the
system few times.
Sam.
What will be happened if not compile
> RANDOM_IP_ID in the kernel or assign 0 to net.inet.ip.random_id in
> sysctl.conf file?
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks
> Sam