In line 542 of entropy.c is the owner of the PRNG seedfile checked. Root is also a valid owner of this file. So the line must be: if (((st.st_mode & 0177) != 0) || !( (st.st_uid == original_uid) || (st.st_uid == 0) ) ) Regards, Martin --- Martin Luig email: email at Martin-Luig.de