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''EGD'' '''

EGD
Enable use of the EGD daemon port with confENVDEF

EGD, which stands for Entropy Gathering Daemon, is a persistent daemon that provides pseudo-random numbers via a Unix socket. Obtaining this daemon and configuring for its use are described in Section 10.10.1.3. To allow code to be included inside sendmail so that it can use this EGD daemon, you must define this EGD compile-time macro: 

APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF', `-DEGD=1')

This definition is needed only on machines that lack /dev/urandom. If you are running a precompiled sendmail binary, you can use the -d0.1 debugging command-line switch (-d0.1) to determine if EGD support is included (if it appears in the list, support is included).



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Some Basics
    		Part I: Build and Install
    		Chapter 2. Build and Install sendmail
    		Chapter 3. Tune sendmail with Compile-Time Macros
    		3.1 Before You Begin, a Checklist
    		3.2 To Port, Tune, or Debug
    		3.3 Pitfalls
    		3.4 Compile-Time Macro Reference
    		''AUTO_NIS_ALIASES'' '''
    		''BSD4_3'' '''
    		'BSD4_4'' ''''
    		'DATA_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT'' ''''
    		''DNSMAP'' '''
    		''DSN'' '''
    		''EGD'' '''
    		''ERRLIST_PREDEFINED'' '''
    		''FAST_PID_RECYCLE'' '''
    		'_FFR...'' ''''
    		''FORK'' '''
    		''HAS...'' '''
    		''HESIOD'' '''
    		''HES_GETMAILHOST'' '''
    		''IDENTPROTO'' '''
    		''IP_SRCROUTE'' '''
    		''...IS_BROKEN'' '''
    		'LA_TYPE'' ''''
    		''LDAPMAP'' '''
    		''LOG'' '''
    		''MATCHGECOS'' '''
    		''MAX...'' '''
    		''MEMCHUNKSIZE'' '''
    		''MILTER'' '''
    		''MIME7TO8'' '''
    		''MIME8TO7'' '''
    		''NAMED_BIND'' '''
    		''MAP_NSD'' '''
    		''MAP_REGEX'' '''
    		''NDBM'' '''
    		''NEED...'' '''
    		''NET...'' '''
    		'NETINFO'' ''''
    		''NEWDB'' '''
    		''NIS'' '''
    		''NISPLUS'' '''
    		''NOFTRUNCATE'' '''
    		''NO_GROUP_SET'' '''
    		''NOTUNIX'' '''
    		''_PATH...'' '''
    		''PH_MAP'' '''
    		''PICKY_HELO_CHECK'' '''
    		''PIPELINING'' '''
    		''PSBUFSIZ'' '''
    		''QUEUE'' '''
    		''QUEUESEGSIZE'' '''
    		''REQUIRES_DIR_FSYNC'' '''
    		''SASL'' '''
    		''SCANF'' '''
    		''SECUREWARE'' '''
    		''SFS_TYPE'' '''
    		''SHARE_V1'' '''
    		'SM_...'' ''''
    		'SM_HEAP_CHECK'' ''''
    		'SM_CONF_SHM'' ''''
    		''SMTP'' '''
    		''SMTPDEBUG'' '''
    		''SMTPLINELIM'' '''
    		''SPT_TYPE'' '''
    		''STARTTLS'' '''
    		''SUID_ROOT_FILES_OK'' '''
    		''SYSLOG_BUFSIZE'' '''
    		''SYSTEM5'' '''
    		''TCPWRAPPERS'' '''
    		''TLS_NO_RSA'' '''
    		''TOBUFSIZE'' '''
    		''TTYNAME'' '''
    		''...T'' '''
    		''UDB_DEFAULT_SPEC'' '''
    		''USE_DOUBLE_FORK'' '''
    		''USE_ENVIRON'' '''
    		''USING_NETSCAPE_LDAP'' '''
    		''USERDB'' '''
    		''USESETEUID'' '''
    		''WILDCARD_SHELL'' '''
    		''XDEBUG'' '''
    		Chapter 4. Configure sendmail.cf with m4
    		Chapter 5. Build and Use Companion Programs
    		Part II: Administration
    		Part III: The Configuration File
    		Part IV: Appendixes
    		Bibliography