Re: what's the rationale for the /dev/pts mount point?

2008-12-24 Thread Erik Mouw
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:39:08 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008, Erik Mouw wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:00 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" > > wrote: > > > after i mounted /dev/pts (rw), ssh connections started to work. > > > is this why /dev/pts was develope

Re: what's the rationale for the /dev/pts mount point?

2008-12-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:00 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" > wrote: > > i'm well aware of the use of the pseudo tty ports under > > /dev/pts, but i never understood the value of having a distinct > > "devpts" filesystem, until today. > > > > i was work

Re: what's the rationale for the /dev/pts mount point?

2008-12-24 Thread Erik Mouw
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:00 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > i'm well aware of the use of the pseudo tty ports under /dev/pts, > but i never understood the value of having a distinct "devpts" > filesystem, until today. > > i was working with an embedded system with a flashed root file

what's the rationale for the /dev/pts mount point?

2008-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i'm well aware of the use of the pseudo tty ports under /dev/pts, but i never understood the value of having a distinct "devpts" filesystem, until today. i was working with an embedded system with a flashed root filesystem that included /dev so, obviously, everything under /dev was also read