Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:51:35 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Jimmy Thomson <glitch@execpc.com> Cc: Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pty's? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012220936400.26527-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0012211419410.2554-100000@earth.execpc.com>
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Jimmy Thomson wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 02:09:10PM -0600, Jimmy Thomson wrote:
> > > I am running 4.2 stable, and for some reason I can't get more than 32ptys
> > > open at a time. I have 256 specified in the kernel, but it won't let me
> > > use more than 32. I also have 256 users set in the kernel. How can I get
> > > more ptys?
> >
> > did you make them in /dev ? (MAKEDEV)
> >
> > Edwin
> >
>
> yep.
How did you make the devices? (ie what exact command did you use?)
It looks to me like /dev/MAKEDEV can make a maximum of 256 pty's by saying
# cd /dev
# /bin/sh MAKEDEV pty7
(yes, the '7' seems a bit confusing to me too...)
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