the .rnd file does not exist but the openssl rand -rand seed_file -out junk.txt 500 does not work either ------------------ Marvin Blackburn Systems Administrator Glen Raven "He's no failure. He's not dead yet" --William Lloyd George > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jason Dixon > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:06 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: Re: openssl rand question > > > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 10:56, Marvin Blackburn wrote: > > When trying to generate a file of psuedo random numbers the > following > > command does not work: > > openssl rand -out a_file.txt 5000 > > > > however the following does > > openssl rand 5000 > a_file.txt > > > > why does the -out switch not work? > > Does ~/.rnd already exist? If not, try using the "-rand <seedfile>" > option as well, works fine for me. > > -- > Jason Dixon, RHCE > DixonGroup Consulting > http://www.dixongroup.net > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
