Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:32:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hennessy <mark@cloud9.net> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem with poppassd Message-ID: <20011010163210.O8507-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <200110102028.f9AKSDH08964@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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Thanks, that did it. -- Mark P. Hennessy mark@cloud9.net Cloud 9 Internet White Plains, NY +1 914 696-4000 / 800 356-5683 http://www.cloud9.net On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, David Wolfskill wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:28:13 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> > To: mark@cloud9.net > Subject: Re: Problem with poppassd > > >Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:12:56 -0400 (EDT) > >From: Mark Hennessy <mark@cloud9.net> > > >I'm running FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE and I'm having a problem with poppassd. > > >The kernel is pretty standard, except that it is built to allow 256 > >simultaneous terminal connections. > > >I keep getting > ><blah>: can't open slave pty: Permission denied > >whenever I try to use poppassd to change the password. > >The session stalls out right after newpass is entered. > > >I recompiled poppassd to provide the exact pty that it found and is trying > >to use, and its output is as follows: > ><blah>: can't open slave pty: (/dev/ttype) Permission denied > > >Any ideas where I should look next? > > Did you > cd /dev > foreach o ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) > sh MAKEDEV pty$o > end > > (or the functional equivalent)? > > > "ls /dev/ttyp? | wc -l" should supply a clue as to how many ptys are set > up in /dev. > > Cheers, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to > advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal > amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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