Re: BUG: bsd pts now climbs continuously

[Alan Cox]

On Llu, 2004-08-09 at 21:30, jdh wrote:
> While I'm sure the security issues are valid?  I do question completely
> changing the functionality.  I doubt changing the pts/n numbers
> helps those looking for backward compatibility at all.

ssh breaks at 9999 which is fun too. It runs out of buffer space
although because its been properly coded it doesn't overrun it just
starts corrupting utmp

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