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Re: Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal



On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 02:12:09PM +0200, VEGH Karoly wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> I installed the rsh-server that I would be able to install a software
> over rsh.  (a backup client, but that's all the same now)
> 
> it can execute commands over rsh, (mkdir for example) but the software 
> installation does not work, errormessage:
> 
> Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal
> 
> How can I change my woody's opinion, about giving pty's to stdin 
> also where stdin isn't a terminal?
> 
> any help is appreciated

Are you sure you're using rsh?  Debian, by default, links rsh to ssh.
Either way, the '-t' flag will force it to allocate a tty, which should
fix your problem.

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