Bug 30691 - Openssh hangs on boot generating SSH2 key
Summary: Openssh hangs on boot generating SSH2 key
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: openssh
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-03-05 20:26 UTC by Alan Cox
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-11-12 00:08:45 UTC
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Description Alan Cox 2001-03-05 20:26:02 UTC 
Says it all really. I guess its waiting for randomness that simply wont
happen.
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2001-03-06 15:12:15 UTC 
What kind of machine is it?  I see something similar to this (DSA key takes a
long time to generate) only on a 486 I have; a Dell Precision 420 does it in no
time.  Although I don't know if I trust the entropy available at first boot. ;-)
Comment 2 Alan Cox 2001-03-06 15:14:40 UTC 
233Mhz Cyrix

And if it really takes that long anyway then its still a bug. The key generation
needs to be done
in the background
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