[krbdev.mit.edu #4693] Delay kadmind random number initialization until after fork

Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> via RT rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu
Thu Nov 9 18:31:24 EST 2006


Delay initialization of the random number generator in kadmind until
after the fork and backgrounding of the process.  Otherwise, a lack of
sufficient entropy during the system boot process will delay system
boot on systems that run each init script in series and that start
kadmind via an init script.


Commit By: rra


Revision: 18793
Changed Files:
U   trunk/src/kadmin/server/ovsec_kadmd.c




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