[Arm-dev] Problems with dnssec-keygen

Thu Dec 24 21:11:32 UTC 2015
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>


On 12/24/2015 04:02 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> On 12/24/2015 10:56 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I am reading:
>>
>> https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-bind-rndc.html 
>>
>>
>> I have bind installed and default config running.  I have not applied 
>> my customizations yet.  The first step I am taking is getting 
>> rndc.key created.  So reading the guide I am trying to run (while 
>> logged in as root, and in /etc):
>>
>> dnssec-keygen -a hmac-md5 -b 256 -n HOST rndc.key
>>
>> The system is just sitting there and doing nothing.  I have sshed as 
>> another session and do not see any processing being done by 
>> dnssec-keygen.
>>
>> This might be a problem with the current build.  Anyone else try this? 
> it's waiting for  "randomness" from /dev/random
> try creating some activity on the system. even a dd if=/dev/sda 
> of=/dev/null might do.

Do I do this in another session?  Or run a detacted screen session?