Date: 22 May 1998 19:41:19 -0500 From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minimum pty's=2 ???? Message-ID: <857m3d95u8.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> In-Reply-To: "J.A. Terranson"'s message of "Thu, 21 May 1998 23:16:42 -0500" References: <01BD850E.8483D2F0@w3svcs.mfn.org>
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"J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org> writes: > [=] 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... Why not remove it from your config file altogether? > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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