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From: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>
Subject: Re: bin/20625: sshd can't allocate pty
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The following reply was made to PR bin/20625; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>
To: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/20625: sshd can't allocate pty
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:41:28 -0700

 cd /dev
 sh MAKEDEV pty1 pty2
 
 paul
 
 dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org) wrote:
 > 
 > >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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