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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="NathanCollins"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/8354544a22bb5a0ac8005ca008f94ad1"
subject="The initremote command appears to hang due to low entropy"
date="2017-09-10T02:32:26Z"
content="""
For me, the `git annex initremote amazon-s3 encryption=shared embedcreds=yes` [1] command hung for several minutes after printing
initremote amazon-s3 (encryption setup)
Turns out the problem was that I was low on entropy. Figured this out by running
gpg --gen-random 2
per [this bug comment](https://github.com/DanielDent/git-annex-remote-rclone/issues/6#issuecomment-231347642). According to [this blog post](https://delightlylinux.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/is-gpg-hanging-when-generating-a-key/) a solution is to
sudo aptitude install rng-tools
sudo rngd -r /dev/urandom
The `git annex initremote` command had finished by the time I found that solution, but I verified that it made `gpg --gen-random 2` work.
System: Ubuntu 16.04 with Git Annex 5.20151208-1build1 installed via package manager.
[1] I'm using AWS credentials that are restricted to a specific bucket, so I'm not worried about the conjunction `encryption=shared` and `embedcreds=yes`.
"""]]