Unix Programming - How to check either /var/run/egd-pool or /dev/random is running

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How to check either /var/run/egd-pool or /dev/random is running

wong_powah@yahoo.ca

2008-03-17, 10:14 pm

How to check either /var/run/egd-pool or /dev/random is running
properly?
Please help.
Thanks.

wong_powah@yahoo.ca

2008-03-18, 7:20 pm

On Mar 18, 2:14 am, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article
> <80b50eb2-a9dc-4089-8d0d-01c188420...@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>
> wong_po...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>
> You could read a few thousand values from them and do a statistical
> analysis.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

Do /dev/random works the same for linux and solaris x86 (SunOS 5.10
Generic_120012-14 i86pc i386 i86pc)?
Do we need to configure /dev/random differently?
My program works for linux but fails on solaris x86.

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