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  2. From: dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
  4. Subject: xterm: no available ptys
  5. Keywords: xterm,pty
  6. Message-ID: <1e0l6qINNi05@transfer.stratus.com>
  7. Date: 13 Nov 92 16:30:18 GMT
  8. Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
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  12. When I try to invoke xterm from a non-root UID, it fails with the error
  13. message: "xterm: no available ptys".  Works fine from root.  Any ideas
  14. as to where I should be looking?
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  20. Dan S.
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