Message 277074 - Python tracker

Message277074

Author	vstinner
Recipients	700eb415, alex, ncoghlan, rpointel, vstinner
Date	2016-09-20.21:50:49
SpamBayes Score	-1.0
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Message-id	<1474408249.48.0.311923232912.issue22542@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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"Trying to run the python interpreter in a chroot fails if /dev/urandom is not present." The workaround is simple: fix your chroot to correctly expose /dev/urandom in the chroot. It's a common and known issue, no? Since the issue is almost dead since 2 years and I don't know if arc4random() is suitable for os.urandom(), I close the issue. If you want to reopen it, please come back with more information on arc4random() security ;-)

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"Trying to run the python interpreter in a chroot fails if /dev/urandom is not present."

The workaround is simple: fix your chroot to correctly expose /dev/urandom in the chroot. It's a common and known issue, no?

Since the issue is almost dead since 2 years and I don't know if arc4random() is suitable for os.urandom(), I close the issue. If you want to reopen it, please come back with more information on arc4random() security ;-)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016-09-20 21:50:49	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, ncoghlan, alex, rpointel, 700eb415
2016-09-20 21:50:49	vstinner	set	messageid: <1474408249.48.0.311923232912.issue22542@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016-09-20 21:50:49	vstinner	link	issue22542 messages
2016-09-20 21:50:49	vstinner	create