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From: Justin Burke <mlist-freebsd-questions@alt255.com>
To: Lee Harr <missive@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Out of pty's
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* Lee Harr (missive@hotmail.com) wrote:
> >How do I find out the limit of ptys on my system? (sysctl doesn't
> >seem to show anything relevant.)
> >
> >How do I increase that value? The pseudo-pty value in the kernel config
> >has no assigned value (ie. we are using the default).... but what is the
> >default?
> >
> 
> Which version of FreeBSD?

4.9-PRERELEASE


> I had a similar problem on my 4.9-stable box. What I did was use
> /dev/MAKEDEV to create some more pty devices.
> 
> ls /dev/pty*
> 
> will show you how many you have, then
> 
> /dev/MAKEDEV pty1   (can also use pty2 pty3 pty4 etc)
> 
> will create more.

It seems that creating the devices isn't the problem. I just can't get
screen and ssh to actually use those ptys. I'm going just rebuild the
kernel with modification suggested in the FAQ.


Justin