On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Piotr Stolc wrote:
> I am looking for a mechanism that allows an unpriviledged process to
> allocate the terminal. Linux has support for /dev/ptmx (PTY98) which can do
> what I am looking for. Does NetBSD have similar or alternative mechanism?
> Or maybe there are plans for it?

I'm not sure if it's what you want, but maybe openpty(3) can help?


 - Hubert

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