On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 11:15, Marvin Blackburn wrote: > the .rnd file does not exist but the > openssl rand -rand seed_file -out junk.txt 500 > does not work either The following worked for me: openssl rand -out outfile -rand seedfile 5000 Have you tried using dd with /dev/random instead? dd if=/dev/random of=outfile bs=<bytes> count=1 -- 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