Solaris Agent Disconnects and OpenSSL PRNG not seeded Error Occurs

Description:

After running a job on a Solaris agent and after performing the reboot job, the Solaris agent becomes disconnected. Also, the following error message appears several times in the debug log on the agent:

358:error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not seeded:md_rand.c:512:You need to read the OpenSSL FAQ, http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html

Cause:

This problem is described on the OpenSSL web site at http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#USER1.

Workaround:

If you are using a Solaris 8 system, add the /dev/urandom and /dev/random devices by installing patch ID 112438 (SPARC®) or patch ID 112439 (x86). These patches are available from Patchfinder at http://sunsolve.sun.com.

The Solaris 9 software includes these devices by default.

To get /dev/random support for earlier Solaris versions, see Sun's statement at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-25-27606-1.

The SUNWski package is available in patch ID 105710.