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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!acara.snsnet.net!polo.iquest.com!vespucci.iquest.com!dougal From: dougal@vespucci.iquest.com (Dougal Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Invisible ptys Date: 26 Feb 1996 00:10:37 GMT Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4gqtpt$rdb@polo.iquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] When I have enough ptys in use on my system, it rolls up past ttypf to ttypg, ttyph, etc. The users on these ptys don't show up in a 'who', though they are correctly logged in the wtmp. On a simliar note, when enough of the lower numbered ptys are in use, the 'screen' program will report that there are no more available ptys. Should 'ttypg' actually be 'ttyq0' (there are no qtys in my /dev dir)? -- Dougal Campbell | "Quick to judge, quick to anger. | Rush System Administrator | Slow to understand. | "Witch Hunt" interQuest / Hsv, AL | Ignorance and predjudice | Moving Pictures dougal@iquest.com | And fear go hand in hand." | 1981