lsof on 6.0

[Danny Braniss]

> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:12:17 +0200
> Danny Braniss <danny at cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> 
> > i keep getting:
> > 	lsof: can't determine user device random seed.
> > is it only me?
> 
> You'll have to be more specific: do you get that by doing only 'lsof' or
> are you using any parameters? _Do you run as a normal user, or as root?
> FWIW, plain 'lsof' works here, on
> 
> tingo at kg-quiet$ uname -a
> FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #1: Thu Dec 22
> 06:29:24 CET 2005     root at kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIET 
> amd64
> 
> both as a normal user and as root.
> I don't see the message you are referring to.
either root, or just a mere mortal, just typing lsof, no arguments:

shuttle-3> lsof
lsof: can't determine user device random seed.
shuttle-3> uname -a
FreeBSD shuttle-3 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #23: Mon Dec 19 11:53:42 IST 2005     danny at x-dev:/r+d/obj/x-dev/amd64/r+d/6.0/src/sys/HUJI  amd64
shuttle-3> lsof -v
lsof version information:
    revision: 4.77
    latest revision: ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/
    latest FAQ: ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/FAQ
    latest man page: ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/lsof_man
    constructed: Thu Dec 22 09:42:49 IST 2005
    constructed by and on: danny at shuttle-3
    compiler: cc
    compiler flags: -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DHASEFFNLINK=i_effnlink -DHASF_VNODE -DHASCPUMASK_T -DHASSBSTATE -DHAS_KVM_VNODE -D
HAS_UFS1_2 -DHAS_NO_SI_UDEV -DHAS_SI_PRIV -DFREEBSDV=6000 -DHASFDESCFS=2 -DHASPSEUDOFS -DHASNULLFS -DHAS9660FS -DHAS_NO_ISO_DEV -DH
ASIPv6 -DLSOF_VSTR="6.0-STABLE" -I/usr/src/sys -O2
    loader flags: -L./lib -llsof -lkvm
    system info: FreeBSD shuttle-3 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #23: Mon Dec 19 11:53:42 IST 2005 danny at x-dev:/r+d/obj/x-dev/amd64
/r+d/6.0/src/sys/HUJI amd64
    Only root can list all files.
    /dev warnings are enabled.
    Kernel ID check is enabled.
    Device cache file read-only paths:
        Named via -D: none
        Named in environment variable LSOFDEVCACHE: none
        Personal path format (HASPERSDC): "%h/%p.lsof_%L"
        Modified personal path environment variable: LSOFPERSDCPATH
        LSOFPERSDCPATH value: none
        Personal path: /cs/system/danny/.lsof_shuttle-3
    Device cache file write paths:
        Named via -D: none
        Named in environment variable LSOFDEVCACHE: none
        Personal path format (HASPERSDC): "%h/%p.lsof_%L"
        Modified personal path environment variable: LSOFPERSDCPATH
        LSOFPERSDCPATH value: none
        Personal path: /cs/system/danny/.lsof_shuttle-3