Bug#381788: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#381788: 381788: slapd: TLS connections fail when running as non-root

[Jeremy Parrish]

Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 03:26:42PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Jeremy Parrish <jeremyp at msn.econoprint.com> writes:
> 
>>> I have found a different "workaround". /dev/urandom (and possibly
>>> /dev/random) needs to be accessible by the user. The default permissions
>>> appear to be 660. Changing them to 666 or changing the group to openldap
>>> would fix the issue.
> 
>> Er, that's weird.  What's setting the permissions of /dev/urandom and
>> /dev/random to 0660?
> 
>> I don't have an etch system immediately at hand
> 
> I do, and can confirm that 0660 is not the default mode for either of these
> devices.

Hrm, it must be something specific to a debootstrap install, then. I
just cooked another one up, and upon first boot, the permissions of
/dev/random and /dev/urandom are 0660.

-Jeremy