On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:01:02PM -0300, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > Collins M. Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 9 April 1999 11:18: > >Then again maybe you could read the docs. You have two choices... > > I tried... > > >a) rm -f /dev/ptmx > > Ah, I hadn't noticed this in /dev... > > >b) make sure your kernel (2.2.x) is compiled with devpts support > > and mount /dev/pts/ (read the kernel docs) > > It has. Then I tried mount -t devpts, but ssh continues to say > "couldn't allocate a pseudo-terminal". Strangely, it only happens with > rwin-dows clients, and one AIX one. It doesn't happen with linux. > > >This stems from the fact that glibc 2.1 enables use of Unix98 pty's and if > >/dev/ptmx is present then glibc expects /dev/pts/ to be mounted. > > It seems also that the applications must have support for this, no? > What was /dev/ttyp2 becomes /dev/pts/2, etc. So if the application > doesn't support it, booom...
Apps must use glibc's pty related functions and not try to manipulate them directly. In this way they do not break. > As I said, even after doing "mount -t devpts" things didn't change. > The problem happens only with ssh, not with telnet. I recompiled ssh > with the new library. Also, after the mount "ls -l /dev/pts" says it > doesn't exist! Please notice that I said mount it at /dev/pts/ (as in mkdir /dev/pts then mount). > Furthermore, I think that the library shouldn't break apps if the > unix98 API isn't being used. Must I remove /dev/ptmx for this to > happen? a) rm -f /dev/ptmx With this you wont have to worry about them at all. -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Core - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems The Choice of the GNU Generation ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- ---- - -------- - --- ---- - --
