From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267312AbUHIWXO (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:23:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267318AbUHIWXO (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:23:14 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:41675 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267312AbUHIWTv (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:19:51 -0400 Subject: Re: BUG: bsd pts now climbs continuously From: Alan Cox To: jdh Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1092086245.14770.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 22:17:25 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2004-08-09 at 21:30, jdh wrote: > While I'm sure the security issues are valid? I do question completely > changing the functionality. I doubt changing the pts/n numbers > helps those looking for backward compatibility at all. ssh breaks at 9999 which is fun too. It runs out of buffer space although because its been properly coded it doesn't overrun it just starts corrupting utmp