From 7834ecbe3c1d2a48d73297597a6d3a636810623e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tg Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:20:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] document /dev/urandom use (ksh only) --- ksh.1tbl | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ksh.1tbl b/ksh.1tbl index 646236e..7f40257 100644 --- a/ksh.1tbl +++ b/ksh.1tbl @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $MirBSD: ksh.1tbl,v 1.19 2004/04/07 16:54:01 tg Exp $ +.\" $MirBSD: ksh.1tbl,v 1.20 2004/04/26 18:20:45 tg Exp $ .\" $OpenBSD: ksh.1tbl,v 1.65 2004/01/23 23:08:45 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 @@ -1565,6 +1565,11 @@ The point in the series can be set by assigning a number to .Ev RANDOM (see .Xr rand 3 ) . +On startup, +.Nm +reads four bytes out of +.Pa /dev/urandom +if exists, and XORs the default seed with it. .It Ev REPLY Default parameter for the .Ic read @@ -5102,6 +5107,7 @@ deleted and a new prompt to be printed. .It Pa ~/.profile .It Pa /etc/profile .It Pa /etc/suid_profile +.It Pa /dev/urandom .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr awk 1 ,