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"Joe Stuart" <jstuart@edenpr.k12.mn.us> writes:

> I just did a fresh install of freebsd 4.10.  Now there is a remote login
> limit that is set to 32.  I have changed these two options in the kernel
> conf and still it does not seem to change.
> maxusers 96
> pseudo-device   pty     64 
> 
> When I try to login using ssh I get this error message. 
> Server refused to allocate pty
> 
> I was sure that the pseudo-device option in the kernel would fix it.
> Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Is there anything in the system logs?  
Is sshd being affected by any limits(1), 
particularly from login.conf?