Does the ekeyd daemon start the ekey-ulusbd daemon?

[Garey Mills]

Paul -

     Thank you for your reply.

     I have a couple of questions. First, what is the most recent update 
of RHEL5?

     Second, our concern is that the appropriate daemons come up 
automatically when the machine is rebooted. Since the
entropy key will already be inserted, I image that the ekey-lusbd daemon 
will come up. Is that correct?

     Third, if the ekey-lusbd does come up automatically, will it still 
come up in the most recent update of RHEL5? And if so, do I have to 
uninstall the package to stop it?

Garey Mills

On 9/14/2012 11:37 PM, Paul Martin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 03:29:55PM -0700, Garey Mills wrote:
>>      We have just installed an entropy key on a RHEL5 system and it
>> is working fine. My only question is the one in the subject. We
>> apparently need the ekey-ulusbd to fix problems in the native USB
>> driver, and if on restart, it doesn't come up, I imagine we will be
>> in trouble.
> Firstly, if you have the most recent update of RHEL5, you don't need
> ekey-ulusbd as the kernel has had the cdc_acm driver bug fixed.
>
> Secondly, ekey-ulusb ought to be started automatically by udev when
> you plug in the USB device.
>

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Garey Mills
Library Systems Office
UC Berkeley