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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!news.mid.net!newsfeeder.gi.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.genuity.net!nntp.wwwi.com!rtd.com!dgy From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I increase ptys? Date: 21 Aug 1996 22:41:57 GMT Organization: CICDO Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4vg3bm$pbe@baygull.rtd.com> References: <4vbvb4$71f@bamboo.verinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com In article <4vbvb4$71f@bamboo.verinet.com>, Mike Loseke <mike@bamboo.verinet.com> wrote: >I know the answer to this is simple, but I haven't discovered it yet: How >do I increase the number of available ptys on by 2.1-RELEASE box? Make sure your kernel has support for the number of pty's you want/need (see the "pty" entry in your kernel config file). Then, use /etc/MAKEDEV to make sure you have enough /dev entries built for the number of ptys in your kernel... --don