* [TRIVIAL][PATCH] 2.4 drivers_char_random.c fix sample shellscripts
@ 2002-09-17 23:55 Dave Maietta
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From: Dave Maietta @ 2002-09-17 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: trivial
[tyop in first sumbissoin, fixed here]
This fixes the sample shellscripts given in the comments of
drivers/char/random.c.
The scripts save and restore random seeds for /dev/random across reboots.
--- linux/drivers/char/random.c.orig 2002-09-14 14:56:03.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/drivers/char/random.c 2002-09-17 19:49:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
* chmod 600 $random_seed
* poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
* [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
- * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes
+ * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
*
* and the following lines in an appropriate script which is run as
* the system is shutdown:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
* chmod 600 $random_seed
* poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
* [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
- * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes
+ * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
*
* For example, on most modern systems using the System V init
* scripts, such code fragments would be found in
Dave Maietta
North Orchard Cr #4-60
Westland MI 48186
734-326-3059
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* [TRIVIAL][PATCH] 2.4 drivers_char_random.c fix sample shellscripts
@ 2002-09-14 19:27 Dave Maietta
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dave Maietta @ 2002-09-14 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: trivial
This fixes the sample shellscripts given in the comments of
drivers/char/random.c.
The scripts save and restore random seeds for /dev/random across reboots.
--- linux/drivers/char/random.c.orig 2002-09-14 14:56:03.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/drivers/char/random.c 2002-09-14 14:56:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
* chmod 600 $random_seed
* poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
* [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
- * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes
+ * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
*
* and the following lines in an appropriate script which is run as
* the system is shutdown:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
* chmod 600 $random_seed
* poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
* [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
- * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes
+ * dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=i$bytes
*
* For example, on most modern systems using the System V init
* scripts, such code fragments would be found in
Dave Maietta
37167 North Orchard Cr #4-60
Westland MI 48186
734-326-3059
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