[SunHELP] need help with SSH - Solaris 8

[Rob Bains]

I tried the same thing that you suggested. Unfortunately, it somes up with
same errors. Here's what comes up:

# /etc/init.d/prngd start
PRNGD entropy-gathering daemon started
# ps -ef | grep prng
    root  5760  5484  1 21:55:51 pts/9    0:00 grep prng
    root  5744     1  2 21:55:45 ?        0:00 /usr/local/sbin/prngd
/var/spool/
prngd/pool/prngd-socket

# /usr/local/sbin/sshd
Couldn't connect to PRNGD socket "/var/spool/prngd/pool": Socket operation
on no
n-socket
Entropy collection failed and entropy exhausted

I also created the /var/spool/prngd/pool directory.  Here's in it:

# pwd
/var/spool/prngd/pool
# ls -la
total 4
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     other        512 Feb 14 21:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     other        512 Feb 14 20:50 ..
srwxrwxrwx   1 root     other          0 Feb 14 21:55 prngd-socket

What else could be going on here? I've also heard from other people that it
is supposedly quite simple to install. I must be missing something quite
obvious.

Thanks for your help.

===== > Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Huhn" <kurt at k-huhn.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] need help with SSH - Solaris 8


> > Actually, if you downloaded the packages from sunfreeware.com there are
> > instructions right that outline all the steps needed to get it running.
>
> Right, if you use the sunfreeware packages, it ain't that difficult.
> There's a prngd init script in /usr/local/doc/prngd/Solaris-8/ thet you
> stick in etc/init.d.  Put the conf file,
> /usr/local/etc/doc/prngd/Solaris-7/prngd.conf in /etc.  Be sure to change
> the paths in prngd.conf to point to the right place - sshd is going to
> expect to find the prngd socket in /var/spool[somthingorother].  If you
try
> to run sshd it'll tell you where it's expectingto find the prngd socket.
> Also, you'll need to copy sshd.conf to /etc, and create a sshd init script
> if one wasn't included.  To have these start at boot, you'll need to link
> them in /etc/rc3.d.
>
> Kurt
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