Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 22:09:39 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: synker <synker@caurus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "no more ptys" Message-ID: <199811172109.WAA06313@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:10:00 %2B0100." <19981117151000.B1439@caurus.com>
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synker writes:
>Hi!
>
>I am using FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE.
>
>And it seems like I cant log on with more then 29 users to the computer.
>
>I have seet up 'pseudo-device pty 256' in the kernel,
>and I made more pty in /dev with 'sh MAKEDEV pty{1,2,3,5,6,7}'
>
>But still I cant log on with more then 29 users, and then I get message
>'no more ptys'...
>
>I use ssh to login but that shouldnt matter I guess.
>
>Any ideas?
>
try instrumenting /usr/src/lib/libutil/pty.c (openpty) to see why it's
failing. I suspect that sshd has exceeded its limit for opn files.
openpty only returns immediatly if the open fails when ENOENT is returned.
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Gary Jennejohn
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