View Single Post

   
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 01-05-2008, 06:21 AM
Jean-Yves LENHOF
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: FYI - root portion of OpenSSH Server fail

Le Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:12:34 -0700, eckertd a écrit*:

> I was getting an RSA key error during the post installation script of
> openssh server. This was an LPAR on a P5-570 running AIX 5300-01. Here's
> the list of filesets I was using/installing:
>
> openssl-0.9.7d-2
> openssl-doc-0.9.7d-2
> openssh.base.client 3.8.0.5302
> openssh.base.server 3.8.0.5302
> openssh.license 3.8.0.5302
> openssh.man.en_US 3.8.0.5302
> openssh.msg.en_US 3.8.0.5302
> openssh.base.client 3.8.0.5302
> openssh.base.server 3.8.0.5302
>
> Turns out that under some set of circumstances when AIX is loaded
> /dev/random and /dev/urandom get created with the wrong major number.
>
> Check the ODM to see what the major number *should* be :
> # odmget CuDvDr | grep -p random
>
> "value2" is the proper major number. Verify against the devices
> # ls -l /dev/*random
>
> If they don't match, delete /dev/random and /dev/urandom then reboot.


Are the openssl rpm package installed on your system ?

Regards,

JYL

Reply With Quote