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Date:      Tue, 2 Apr 1996 06:03:08 +0200 (SAT)
From:      John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
To:        ejon@zipnet.net (Eric H. Jones)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more than 32 pty's
Message-ID:  <199604020403.GAA28088@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <199604012141.QAA09730@zip0.zipnet.net> from "Eric H. Jones" at Apr 1, 96 04:41:45 pm

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> 	I've compiled a kernel with pty's maxed out at 128 (all those
> pesky users!)  However, when someone telnets in and lands on one
> that isn't named ttyp?, they become sort of ghost users..."w" doesn't
> list them, finger doesn't seem to see them.  I'm not even sure they're
> making it into the utmp file.
> 	Is there anything I have to do to make login "do the right thing?"
> I'm not even sure it's login's problem because the lastlog database
> seems to get updated.  Any ideas?
> 
The pty's should be listed in /etc/ttys also.

John
-- 
John Hay -- John.Hay@csir.co.za



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