Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 13:14:00 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnetd: All network ports in use Message-ID: <19991017131400.B1284@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910170128020.7473-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910170128020.7473-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl>
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Marc Schneiders wrote:
> Box (386) running 3.3 RC. Telnet is not working. It is working on a
> similar 386 box, with same version of FreeBSD installed.
> Ttyp's are ok, they are there in /dev and I remade them, doing MAKEDEV
> pty7. /etc/ttys is also ok.
> I had set maxusers to 10, but increased that to 24.
>
> Telnet localhost and telnetting from another host give the same:
>
> Escape character is '^]'.
> telnetd: All network ports in use.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
You probably need support for more PTYs in the kernel. Increase the
number on the "pseudo-device pty" line in your kernel configuration,
build and install the kernel, and reboot. You may need to build more
device nodes (although I see you say you've done that).
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