On 12/24/2015 04:18 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 12/24/2015 11:11 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >> 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? > whatever fits your bill as long as it's in the same time with the > keygen process. it MIGHT also work if you do it earlier but I would > not hold my breath. > you can use any process at all that generates activity, even typing > random letters on the keyboard should do. or download an iso. > basically almost anything that generates activity is used by the > kernel as a pool of entropy It took until that dd finished in an ssh session for the keygen to complete. thanks