HyperVM/Xen: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshdPRNG is not seeded

Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshdPRNG is not seeded

If you are receiving this error message on Xen/HyperVM, try adding the following to /etc/init.d/local and reboot the VDS:

#!/bin/bash
cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV urandom ; /etc/init.d/ssh start

Then run the following as root:

chmod 755 /etc/init.d/local
update-rc.d local start 98 2 3 4 5 .
mkdir /etc/rc.d/
ln -s /etc/init.d/local /etc/rc.d/rc.local

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