well this is just a guess, but I believe there are only a static number
of ttyp. (I have 16 on all my machines.) I believe the pts are created
on the fly as people log in. But I am not saying this is what actually
happens. It has just been my experience... When I used the ttyp, I had
nothing but problems, and when I switched to the pts everything worked
fine.
"Gonyou, Austin" wrote:
>
> Is there a major difference in using pts v. ttyp? Not trying to start a
> flame war or anything, but I just don't see the difference, at least on
> Linux, other than added size to the kernel and additional funkiness on X.
>
> --
> Austin Gonyou
> Systems Architect, CCNA
> Coremetrics, Inc.
> Phone: 512-796-9023
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Grove [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:20 AM
> > To: Carl J. Nobile
> > Cc: Jerry W. Lawrence; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: ssh hangs on one tty
> >
> >
> > What I had to do on AIX was when I did the configure
> > statement I added :
> >
> > --with-pty=pts
> >
> >
> > That way it will use the pts/# instead of the static ttyp#. Once I did
> > that the problems went away..
> >
> > This is on AIX 4.3.3..
> >
> > jason
> >
> >
> > "Carl J. Nobile" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jerry,
> > >
> > > First check that the permissions haven't changed on your
> > ttyp2, then see
> > > if there is another process keeping it open (could be
> > zombied). This is
> > > most likely not an SSH issue, but something else on your box.
> > >
> > > Carl
> > >
> > > On 31-Jul-01 Jerry W. Lawrence wrote:
> > > > I have ssh 3.0 installed on AIX 4.1.5.
> > > >
> > > > Everything worked fine until yesterday.
> > > >
> > > > Now, when a user logs on and 'hits' ttyp2, the shell
> > > > will not accept any input. All other ttyps work
> > > > fine.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody run into this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Jerry W. Lawrence
> > >
> > >
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> > 315-453-2912 Ex. 5336
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