Tag Archives: Linux
Pulling random data from /dev/random
This is a shell script that will pull 5 random characters from /dev/random and print them out to standard output. It was created as the input component for a random password generator that I am currently writing. Note on using /dev/random: as usual, using this source for entropy will give you pure randomness, though due [...]
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How to upgrade from Fedora 9 to 10 using Yum
On Tuesday, the latest version of Fedora came out which includes the usual round-up of new updates for several purposes, which can be read http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/index.html#sn-Fedora_10_overview I use a Fedora 9 server, which I can’t get to, so the normal method of putting a disc in and letting anaconda do all the work just isn’t suitable [...]