autofs-5.0.3 - use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random
From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
It has been reported that some headless systems hang when using
/dev/random. It's also been pointed out that /dev/urandom is
sufficient for the needs of autofs.
---
CHANGELOG | 1 +
modules/replicated.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index be39e33..50c9a27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
- make mount of multi-mounts wuth a root offset atomic.
- add replicated server selection debug logging.
- update replicated server selection documentation.
+- use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random.
14/01/2008 autofs-5.0.3
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diff --git a/modules/replicated.c b/modules/replicated.c
index e41713e..362ab1b 100644
--- a/modules/replicated.c
+++ b/modules/replicated.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void seed_random(void)
int fd;
unsigned int seed;
- fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
+ fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
srandom(time(NULL));
return;