2.4 drivers_char_random.c fix sample shellscripts
PATCH 1/1 2.4 drivers_char_random.c fix sample shellscripts
[tyop in first sumbissoin, fixed here]
This fixes the sample shellscripts given in the comments of drivers/char/random.c.
The scripts save and restore random seeds for /dev/random across reboots.
drivers/char/random.c renamed from drivers/char/random.c.orig +2 -2
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@* chmod 600 $random_seed * poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize * [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512 -* dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes +* dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes * * and the following lines in an appropriate script which is run as * the system is shutdown:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@* chmod 600 $random_seed * poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize * [ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512 -* dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=bytes +* dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes * * For example, on most modern systems using the System V init * scripts, such code fragments would be found in
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