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From: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer)
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: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer)
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, paul@mu.org
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Subject: Re: bin/20625: sshd can't allocate pty
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:27:57 +0200

 > > cd /dev
 > > sh MAKEDEV pty1 pty2
 > 
 > the device files already exist,
 > otherwise xterm cant use it either.
 > 
 > > > 	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.
 
 You could close the pr,
 as the problem is related to the MAKDEV indeed.
 The still working xterm was misleading me,
 as it connected to /dev/ttyr?.
 /dev/ttyq? was indeed missing, 
 despite I called MAKEDEV that way.
 openpty breaks by the fist missing file.
 
 kind regards Dirk
 
 - Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany
 


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