Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 23:20:17 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: measl@mfn.org (Restricted Use Test Acct) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minimum pty's=2 ???? Message-ID: <199805220320.XAA11540@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199805212220.RAA01871@sebastion.mfn.org> from Restricted Use Test Acct at "May 21, 98 05:20:54 pm"
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Restricted Use Test Acct wrote:
> OK. Why? When I try to allow just 1, I get a warning that I
> have only defined a single pty, followed by a notice that this
> "error" is being happily corrected - to 32!!!
>
> Is there a reason for this behaviour?
>
Yup. pty's come in small flocks. Accept it. It only eats a few inodes
for the /dev/[pt]tyXX pairs. Pty's are just software constructs.
(Man 4 pty) for more info.
Dave
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