Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 23:16:42 -0500 From: "J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org> To: "'djv@bedford.net'" <djv@bedford.net>, Restricted Use Test Acct <measl@mfn.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: minimum pty's=2 ???? Message-ID: <01BD850E.8483D2F0@w3svcs.mfn.org>
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[=] I realize that they are very low overhead software constructs, and this is *not* what bothers me. What I am crazed over is that these guys are collossal security problems (this machine is about to be a dedicated IPFW sieve). Am I ok defining them as "zero"? I'll have to try it I guess... J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org *** GUNS SAVE LIVES: MAYBE EVEN YOURS. LEARN, LICENSE, *CARRY* *** --------------------------------------------- > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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