Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:58:15 -0500 From: "brain_damaged" <brain_damaged@florida-wireless.com> To: m p <sumirati@yahoo.de> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: psuedo terminal cannot be allocated error Message-ID: <200111061358.AA765657268@florida-wireless.com>
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Hello I rebooted and no luck. When i try to ssh in I get this error on the console sshd[395]: error: openpty: No such file or directory sshd[395[: failed to allocate pty On the reboot I found another error: /etc/rc: /usr/lib/.fx/./xs: not found however it is there. I did a cd /usr/lib then a cd /.fx then if i do a ls -l the xs is there. I did not find any reference to xs in rc.conf or inetd.conf so not sure were its coming from. thanks bd -------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: m p <sumirati@yahoo.de> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:48:38 +0100 (CET) >brain_damaged wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I have fbsd 4.3 running. I am using >> tera term with the ssh update to remote access the box. All of a sudden tho I >am getting this error when I try to access the box. >> THE SERVER CANNONT ALLOCATE A PSUEDO-TERMINAL. >> >> As far as I can recall I have not edited any config files. >> >> were do I look to see why ? >> what could cause it and why ? >> and how do I fix it ? >> >> THanks >> fbsd newbie > > >Hi, > >you are running out of ptty's (as they are named in short). Those ptty's are >used for every interactive shell you open via the network. >(The name come from the old serial terminals which are nowadays emulated. So >they are called pseudos.) > >Try to close some connections to your machine which are no longer needed. > >Or add some ptty's in /etc/ttys. Normaly 270 ptty's are defined. It seems like >some programs doesn't release the ptty they were connected to. Why this happens >I don't know. But for sure a reboot should cure that (or kill the >processes/shells connected to the ptty's). > >Hope that helps > >Marc > >__________________________________________________________________ > >Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail >http://mail.yahoo.de > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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