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Subject: bin/20625: sshd can't allocate pty
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>Number:         20625
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sshd can't allocate pty
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 15 14:30:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dirk Meyer
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
privat
>Environment:

	FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386
	FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386
	FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386

>Description:

	If number of used ptys < 16 all is okay.
	If number of used ptys > 17 sshd can't allocate ptys
	xterm (X-Free86-3.3.6) still can ...
	files in /dev/ seems to exist and working.

server:
 sshd[488]: error: openpty: No such file or directory
 sshd[488]: error: Failed to allocate pty.
 sshd[538]: error: openpty: No such file or directory
 sshd[538]: error: Failed to allocate pty.

client:
 Warning: Remote host failed or refused to allocate a pseudo tty.
 Warning: no access to tty (Bad file descriptor).
 Warning: Remote host failed or refused to allocate a pseudo tty.
 Warning: no access to tty (Bad file descriptor).

>How-To-Repeat:

	open more than 16 xterms,
	then try to login via ssh.

>Fix:
	
	none ...


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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