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From: Rashid Karimov <rashid@rk.ios.com>
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Subject: Re: rlogind and ptys
To: allynh@avsi.com (Allyn Hardyck)
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 21:10:57 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199511062206.RAA01356@jupiter.avsi.com> from "Allyn Hardyck" at Nov 6, 95 05:06:41 pm
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		Hi there Allyn,

> 
> I recompiled my kernel to add 16 more ptys, ran MAKEDEV and added
> entries to /etc/ttys.  But people still couldn't rlogin once the
> first 16 pseudo-ttys were exhausted, getting a "Out of ptys" error.
> In checking this out however, I discovered that telnet would let
> you log in (to ttypg for example) while rlogin wouldn't.  Then I
> thought maybe the new nomenclature was confusing things, since most
> Unixes I'd seen went to ttyq0 from ttypf, so I moved ttypg and
> ptypg to ttyq0 and ptyq0.
> 

	It could be related to maxusers option ... dunno how,
	but do have this cozy feeling :)

	Rashid