Ooops, my error:

Just do:

	# cd /etc
	# ./MAKEDEV pty0
	# ./MAKEDEV pty1

etc.  Each of the pty classes (0 through 15) will create 16 pseudo-ttys,
so you can get up to 256 of them!

On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Jeffrey Dunitz wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 10:58:40AM -0800, Paul Goyette said something like:
> > On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Jeffrey Dunitz wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > SECOND QUESTION:
> > > I keep running out of TTYs on my mac. There are more devices in /dev
> > > than what I seem to be able to use. How does one solve this? It's frustrating
> > > to try to log into the machine and it says it's out of ttys. :/
> > 
> > You can log in as root and use the /dev/MAKEDEV script to create more
> > ttys.  But you'll probably also need some more ptys if you're telnetting
> > into the box or if you're using dt.
> > 
> > 	# cd /dev
> > 	# ./MAKEDEV ttyp
> > 	# ./MAKEDEV tyyq
> > 	# ./MAKEDEV ttyr
> > 	# ./MAKEDEV ptyp
> > 	# ./MAKEDEV ptyq
> > 	# ./
> 
> 
> 
> 
> # ./MAKEDEV ptyr
> ./MAKEDEV: ptyr: pty unit must be between 0 and 15
> 
> That's not what I expected...
>  
> I even tried manually making the devices with mknod, which gives me more 
> device entries, but they don't seem to do anything--ie, when I try to log
> into my machine again, it says that all network ports are in use, even 
> though I just created ptyr[0-f], which weren't there before. Has anyone 
> ever had this problem?
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > This should give you more than you can ever keep track of!
> > 
> 
> 
> That's how I like it! The measure of a stable system is that your box
> has been up so long, you can't remember where most of your windows are. :)
> 
> > 
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> Jeffrey Dunitz                 | Ex-Crayon;           | orpheus@avalon.net
> BOFH Emeritus, Avalon Networks | Network Engineer     | Eagan, MN, USA
> http://www.avalon.net/~orpheus | EXi Corporation      | 651-523-6992 (work)
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