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From: Mark Hennessy <mark@cloud9.net>
To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
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Subject: Re: Problem with poppassd
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Thanks, that did it.

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 Mark P. Hennessy					      mark@cloud9.net
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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.
>


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