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- From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
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- Subject: Re: xterm: no available ptys
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.122607.17637@sm.sony.co.jp>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 12:26:07 GMT
- Sender: daemon@sm.sony.co.jp (The devil himself)
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- Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
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- Date: 15 Nov 92 21:17:20 GMT
- Message-Id: <1992Nov15.211720.21888@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
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- In article <1e0l6qINNi05@transfer.stratus.com>, dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
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- > When I try to invoke xterm from a non-root UID, it fails with the
- > error message: "xterm: no available ptys". Works fine from root.
- > Any ideas as to where I should be looking?
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- As with most things that work from root but not as mortals, it's
- probably a permissions problem. In this case, most likely the
- permissions on the pty devices in /dev are set wrong.
-
- der Mouse
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