[ntp:questions] ntpd crashing on startup

Rob pse at nospam.com
Wed Oct 10 01:32:02 UTC 2007


When I reboot, my ntpd server now crashes.  Here is the ntp.log:

 9 Oct 21:16:13 ntpd[3800]: crypto_setup: random seed file //.rnd not found

 9 Oct 21:16:14 ntpd[3810]: crypto_setup: random seed file //.rnd not found

But if I try to startup the server via xterm, ntpd will run.

I do have a /dev/urandom file.  
I have also used openssl to generate certificates etc. 
(Doesn't that mean I have a random seed file?) 

So why am I getting this error?  
Do I need to somehow create .rnd file via openssl? 
or maybe I need to create a symlink to /dev/urandom etc?

Rob




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