Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:12:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/21590: Inocrrect pseudo-device entry in GENERIC kernel configuration file (4.1-RELEASE) Message-ID: <20000927061237.DA66D37B423@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 21590 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Inocrrect pseudo-device entry in GENERIC kernel configuration file (4.1-RELEASE) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 26 23:20:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stanly Hopcroft >Release: 4.1-RELEASE >Organization: IP Australia >Environment: FreeBSD stan.aipo.gov.au 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Fri Sep 1 13:27:48 EST 2000 root@stan.aipo.gov.au:/usr/src/sys/compile/STAN2 i386 >Description: There needs to be a digit string (eg 16) after "pty" in the linee pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) in the file /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC Otherise, a kernel generated from that file, without changing the pty entry, will not accept telnet (or ssh) connections. Attempting to telnet to such a machine will fail with the message "telnetd: All network ports in use". Note that this entry is different in 4.1-R and 4.0-R to the 3.x machines I have looked at. >How-To-Repeat: ? /usr/sbin/config GENERIC cd ../../compile/GENERIC make depend make make install reboot telnet localhost >Fix: pseudo-device pty 16 # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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