cron'd entropy file errors

[estrabd]

This morning I awoke to a slew of cron errors saying stuff like,

mv: /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.5: No such file or directory /usr/libexec/save-entropy[63207]: /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.4 is not a regular file, and therefore it will not be rotated. Entropy file harvesting is
+aborted.

The only major change I made recently was upgrade from 7.0 p6 to 7.1.

Any ideas?

I looked, and all the files in /var/db/entropy exist and are of size > 0.

TIY,
Brett

[DutchDaemon]

Are they all 2048 bytes, owned by operator:operator, and do they all have 400 permission?

drwx------ 2 operator operator 512 Jan 8 15:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 512 Jan 7 15:46 ..
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 15:22 saved-entropy.1
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 15:11 saved-entropy.2
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 15:00 saved-entropy.3
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:55 saved-entropy.4
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:44 saved-entropy.5
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:33 saved-entropy.6
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:22 saved-entropy.7
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:11 saved-entropy.8

[estrabd]

Are they all 2048 bytes, owned by operator:operator, and do they all have 400 permission?

drwx------ 2 operator operator 512 Jan 8 15:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 512 Jan 7 15:46 ..
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 15:22 saved-entropy.1
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 15:11 saved-entropy.2
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 15:00 saved-entropy.3
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:55 saved-entropy.4
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:44 saved-entropy.5
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:33 saved-entropy.6
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:22 saved-entropy.7
-r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jan 8 14:11 saved-entropy.8

YUP!...so what does this mean?

Thanks,
Brett

[DutchDaemon]

No idea. You could try clearing out that directory to see what happens. It shouldn't break anything.

[richardpl]

The only major change I made recently was upgrade from 7.0 p6 to 7.1.


Next time enter single user mode before upgrading.
(better safe than sorry)

[estrabd]

Next time enter single user mode before upgrading.
(better safe than sorry)

Are you reasonable sure that this might have contributed to the problem?

[estrabd]

No idea. You could try clearing out that directory to see what happens. It shouldn't break anything.

Otay - done. I'll let you know what happens :).

[DutchDaemon]

If you see saved-entropy.1 appearing within 11 minutes, it should be ok.