nrpe-2.5.1 (nrpe-2.4+) and SSL errors

Ethan Galstad nagios at nagios.org
Fri Apr 28 18:37:42 CEST 2006


Gerhard Lausser wrote:
> Hi Ethan,
> 
> i saw that since nrpe-2.4 the call to read_config_file was moved at two
> places coming after the ssl initialization code. You remember my patch
> introducing the allow_weak_random_seed option? I just compiled nrpe-2.5.1 on
> a hp-ux 11.00 server which, according to it's patchlevel has no /dev/*random
> and therefore needs this option to successfully complete the ssl handshake.
> The problem is, at the time of the ssl initialization,
> allow_weak_random_seed is still 0, because the config file has not been read
> in yet. Is there a reason, why the config file is opened now later? Of not,
> i beg you to apply my patch, which moves config file reading back to the
> beginning.
> 
> Greetings from Munich,
> Gerhard

Oops - that was an oversight.  I'll get this fixed in CVS shortly. 
Thanks again!


Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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