Why does ssh try to run df, netstat, arp ...?

[Lutz Jaenicke]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 02:15:19PM +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote:
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> one server goes down is totaly unacceptable (I might as well start using
> Windows). How can I turn this behaviour off or can anybody give me a
> really really good reason why ssh would need df?

In order to collect entropy for seeding the PRNG (like the other commands).
Have a look into $SSHETC/ssh_prng_commands and comment out the line(s)
utilizing "df". Or recompile and change to another entropy source like EGD.

Best regards,
	Lutz
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