[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#898470: openssl says "Can't load /root/.rnd into RNG"

[Sander Jonkers]

Package: openssl
Version: 1.1.1~~pre6-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Situation:
debian experimental, clean install (docker container), openssl (version 1.1.1, via "install -t experimental)

First command (goes well):
# openssl genrsa -out example.com.key 2048

Second command (goed wrong):
# openssl req -new -x509 -key example.com.key -out example.com.cert -days 3650 -subj /CN=example.com      
Can't load /root/.rnd into RNG
140283178746304:error:2406F079:random number generator:RAND_load_file:Cannot open file:../crypto/rand/randfile.c:88:Filename=/root/.rnd

I would have expected no error.


A "touch /root/.rnd" makes the error go away, but I guess that is not the correct solution?





-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-041300-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: unable to detect

Versions of packages openssl depends on:
ii  libc6      2.27-3
ii  libssl1.1  1.1.1~~pre6-2

openssl recommends no packages.

Versions of packages openssl suggests:
ii  ca-certificates  20180409

-- no debconf information