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From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@bigbrother.rust.net>
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Subject: problem with telnetd
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:42:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Folks,

Our web server intermittently stops accepting telnet requests with a "all
network ports in use" error.

Now, we've compiled the kernel for

pseudo-device   pty     16

and all the devices appear is /dev/ptyp*

Now, only four people have telnet access to this web server, and they're
all within 10 feet of me.

Any thoughts on what else could be causing this?  All other services (web,
ftp, etc.) continue to work normally.

Thanks,
Michael Lucas
RustNet Systems