title: Using OpenSSL what does "unable to write 'random state'" mean?
body: <p>I'm generating a self-signed SSL certificate to protect my server's admin section, and I keep getting this message from OpenSSL:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>unable to write 'random state'</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>What does this mean?</p>
  
  <p>This is on an Ubuntu server. I have upgraded libssl to fix <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-1">the recent security vulnerability</a>.</p>