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From: kjb@cs.vu.nl (Kees J Bot)
Subject: Re: in.telnetd problem
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 13:22:03 GMT
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edell@alpha2.curtin.edu.au writes:

>when i ran in.telnetd -d (the debug option) i could see it test all 
>the ptys, and the first ones (the ones that exist in /dev) weren't 
>working and the error code was 6.  all the ones that didn't exist
>returned an error code of 2.

Are you sure you are running the kernel with pty's?  Error code 6
(ENXIO - No such device or address) tells me that the devices are not
recognized by the TTY driver.
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