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Re: /dev/pts (aka UNIX98 ptys) needed?



Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu> writes:
> Will anything break if I dont have /dev/pts support compiled into my
> kernel?

If you have devfs enabled?  No, I think devfs subsumes devpts
filesystem support.  But if you don't use devfs, you probably do want
/dev/pts support (and make sure your /etc/fstab file mounts a devpts
"filesystem" on /dev/pts); otherwise, things like xterm and sshd
probably won't work.

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David Maze         dmaze@debian.org      http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
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