Question :
Trying to start the Policy Server on Windows, this one does not
start and report error :
[5588/5404][Wed Jun 17 2015 14:53:10][CCrypto.cpp:749][ERROR]
Unable to obtain OS random data
[5588/5404][Wed Jun 17 2015 14:53:10][CCrypto.cpp:700][ERROR]
Unable to seed random number generator
[5588/5404][Wed Jun 17 2015 14:53:10][CCrypto.cpp:174][ERROR]
Unable to initialize random number subsystem
[5588/5404][Wed Jun 17 2015 14:53:10][CServer.cpp:3784][ERROR]
Unable to initialize crypto subsystem
How can I fix this ?
Answer :
Check the account used for the starting and stopping the Policy
Server on Windows. This account should have permissions to
access the CSP service on Windows through those functions :
CryptAcquireContext():
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa379886.aspx
CryptGetRandom():
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa379942.aspx
CryptReleaseContext():
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa380268.aspx