Re: telnetd can't get ttys
On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 05:14:47PM -0500, Brian White wrote:
> I installed the new telnetd (v0.14-8) in an upgrade from Slink, but every
> connection attempt failed until I modified /etc/inetd.conf to say "root.root"
> instead of "telnetd.telnetd".
>
> The user and group telnetd exist, and telnetd belongs to the utmp group.
> Is there something else that needs to be set? There doesn't seem to be
> any mention of this in the telnetd manpage, nor is there any other
> documentation.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks!
The problem is that the new telnetd requires you to have Unix98 ptys or it
won't work as you've observed. Tradition ptys must be operated as root.
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