Thread: Postgresql and OpenSSL 0.9.6x

Postgresql and OpenSSL 0.9.6x

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Yeo Eng Hee
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Hi all,

Has anyone successfully run Postgresql with openssl 0.9.6x on systems that do not have /dev/random or /dev/urandom?  I would like to know how to specify the location of the socket for the random device, eg /dev/egd-pool in psql.  Basically, openssl runs properly if I specify -rand /dev/egd-pool, but when run via psql, the random device was not specified.

Or do I have to wait for OpenSSL 0.9.7 which says that it will automatically check for /dev/egd-pool among other places?

Thanks in advance,

Yeo Eng Hee
Supercomputing & Visualisation Unit, Computer Centre,
National University of Singapore, 2 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117584.
Tel: +65 874 5085;  Fax: +65 778 0198;  Email: enghee@nus.edu.sg