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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!replicant!jackson From: jackson@replicant.csci.unt.edu (Bruce Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: More than 16 ptys? What are ttyq#? Date: 19 Nov 1994 04:21:36 GMT Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 31 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3ajugg$37o@hermes.unt.edu> References: <MARK.1269.2ECCF346@ardsley.business.uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: replicant.csci.unt.edu In article <MARK.1269.2ECCF346@ardsley.business.uwo.ca>, Mark_Bramwell <MARK@ardsley.business.uwo.ca> wrote: >I would like to have more than 16 ttys for telnet ie: /dev/ttyp* >/etc/ttys has /dev/ttyq* defined as enabled but there are no devices in the >dev directory. Does anyone know if these are supported and I should simply >create the device files? >The machine holds out well with 16 logged in. I don't want people to get 'no >more telnetd ports' messages. To get another 16 pseudo tty's do the following: 1) go into /etc and as root issue the command "sh MAKEDEV pty1" to create the special files. 2) edit /etc/ttys (which you already done). 3) build a new kernel and make sure that 32 pseudo tty's are available like "pseudo-device pty 32" If you need another 16 use "sh MAKEDEV pty2" and increase pty's to 48 in the kernel. I have never used more than 32 but in principal this should work. -- Bruce Jackson | Univ. of North Texas | jackson@cs.unt.edu UNIX Systems Admin. | P. O. Box 13886 | GAB 550E (817)565-2279 Dept. of Computer Sci.| Denton, Tx. 76203-3886 | FAX: (817)565-2799