[horde] Error generating pgp key pair

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Larry Honig <l at hdex.com>:

> It can create SSL certificates fine, and the Webmin administration   
> panel can do all sorts of stuff with the available entropy pool,  
> plus  I have Munin installed and it shows typically approx 3500  
> bytes. Also  I have the same problem on another Ubuntu-based system  
> with a  different version of Horde. If your theory is correct then  
> shouldn't  using the command line gpgp key gen on my Horde host  
> server fail also?  It works fine!
>
> What is the recommended minimum entropy value? I could attach a  
> mouse  and wiggle it but I do not think that is the problem,  
> although I am  willing to try it. Attached is a .png file showing  
> the Munin entropy  graph - the dips are associated with restarting  
> the master Apache  server (not thread restarts - I am using Apache  
> 2.0.55 MPM prefork  with 11 threads)
>
> I may try to install rng-tools.

You can also check your webserver's error log for stderr output from gnupg.

Not saying entropy is 100% the problem, but it is the only way I have  
ever been able to reproduce generation failure and would explain why  
you see such a long wait time until the error message is returned.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]