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From: Alan Byrne <alan@niceguy.isocor.ie>
To: Keith Waters <KEITH@ptnsct.nis.za>
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Subject: Re: Increasing ptys beyond ttypf on FreeBSD 2.0
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Hi,
try the following, (I got this from looking at the /dev/MAKEDEV script)

Make sure there is an entry in your kernel config file for the max number 
of pty's you want.

	pseudo-device   pty  32

then in /dev dir do

	MAKEDEV pty1

This will make the 2nd batch of 16 pty's. (/dev/ptyq0-qf)
for the next (3rd) batch of 16......MAKEDEV pty2....

I hope this is right, as I've just finished doing it myself, but will 
have to wait till later to test out the new kernel.

Alan


On Thu, 9 Feb 1995, Keith Waters wrote:

> Hi there.
> We have recompiled the kernel and everything in FreeBSD 2.0 but still can't
> get it to create ptys beyond ttypf, which means only 16 users can log in.
> Is this a hard limit, or is there a way of creating ttypg, ttyph , etc ?
> Thankyou very much for you time,
> Regards,
> Keith Waters
>