[cs615asa] hw4

[Sean Winard]

Managed to get it to work.  While the 'find' background jobs didn't seem 
to work, I did a `du -h / > /dev/null` in the background while I was 
making keys and it finally worked.

Sean Winard wrote:
> Yeah, I've tried typing stuff, and having a few jobs running in the 
> background (using 'find'), and still it won't create a key.  If it is 
> true what Ujwal said, that it won't work through an ssh client, then I 
> might have a problem.  I don't have a linux box on hand, and am 
> currently not on campus (won't be for a few days).  Any other 
> suggestions? I'm still searching for a solution..
>
> Jan Schaumann wrote:
>   
>> Sean Winard <swinard at stevens.edu> wrote:
>>  
>>   
>>     
>>> Just having some trouble actually generating an RSA key in gpg on the 
>>> lab machines.  I get all the way through the menu to where it's trying 
>>> to generate the key and needs random input (usually ~300bytes), and then 
>>> it just stays there.  I've tried typing stuff for about 2 minutes to 
>>> 'increase entropy' but still nothing.
>>>     
>>>       
>> A few ways to increase entropy on a system:
>>
>> - do file I/O:
>>   - copy large files from one partition to another
>>   - crawl the directory hierarchy, for example via find
>> - do network I/O:
>>   - copy large files from one host to this host
>> - user input
>>   - move the mouse (if you're connected to the actual host in question)
>>   - type on the keyboard
>>
>> You should be able to find other suggestions by searching the internet
>> for the specific error message you encountered.
>>
>> -Jan
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