From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Subject: Re: maximum number of Unix98 pty's Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 20:41:24 -0500 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200305182041.24928.eric@cisu.net> References: <200305161629.h4GGTIPs017487@ev6.be.wanadoo.com> Reply-To: eric@cisu.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200305161629.h4GGTIPs017487@ev6.be.wanadoo.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Heimo Claasen , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 31 December 1969 06:00 pm, Heimo Claasen wrote: > what ist "PTY" ? > > -hc A pty is a psuedo-terminal. Linux creates these so you can log in and type things on your computer. If you press ctr+alt+<#> where # is 1-5 then you will see 5 pty's ready for login. Also SSH, telnet, and rlogin, and each xterm uses up one PTY. Normal linux kernels are configured to support 256pty's and this is MORE than enough for desktop systems and small servers. ---------------------- Eric Bambach Eric@CISU.net ---------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs