Re: no ptys

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:40:13 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, System Administrator wrote:

>
> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> > [SNIPPED]
> > You need to update /dev. Use included script.
> >
>
> ran included MAKEDEV script, but seems to have no effect.

%gunzip <MAKEDEV.gz >MAKEDEV.new

Assume MAKEDEV.gz unzips to MAKEDEV.new

% su
# cp MAKEDEV.new /dev
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV.new generic
# exit

This will make all new 'generic' devices including ptys. Remote logins
(etcetera) will now work. --guaranteed.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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