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-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--perl-install/authentication.pm2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 0edd353af..22ee20d38 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
- drakbug:
o write distro release in bug description
- finish-install:
+ o use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random to generate salt for passwords
+ (since reading on /dev/random can block boot process)
o show only installed 3D desktops
o adapt to new Xconfig::glx API (drak3d 1.21)
- harddrake:
diff --git a/perl-install/authentication.pm b/perl-install/authentication.pm
index 716128e49..06b718ea2 100644
--- a/perl-install/authentication.pm
+++ b/perl-install/authentication.pm
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ sub enable_shadow() {
sub salt {
my ($nb) = @_;
require devices;
- open(my $F, devices::make("random")) or die "missing random";
+ open(my $F, devices::make("urandom")) or die "missing urandom";
my $s; read $F, $s, $nb;
$s = pack("b8" x $nb, unpack "b6" x $nb, $s);
$s =~ tr|\0-\x3f|0-9a-zA-Z./|;