Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: "Scott L. Price" <prices@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] dropbear and telnetd problem
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:36:52
Message-Id: 440A4F15.7030905@dflytech.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] dropbear and telnetd problem by Kumba
1 I had that same problem when /dev/ptmx (I think) was missing. It seems
2 to be some sort of multiplexer for ptys. I am not sure of it's exact
3 function.
4
5 Scott =)
6
7 Kumba wrote:
8 > Jakub Ladman wrote:
9 >
10 >> / $ dropbear -F -E
11 >> [16] Jan 01 00:02:03 Not forking
12 >> [17] Jan 01 00:02:26 Child connection from 10.16.1.130:45326
13 >> [17] Jan 01 00:02:28 Warning: Reading the random source seems to have
14 >> blocked.
15 >> If you experience problems, you probably need to find a better entropy
16 >> source.
17 >> [17] Jan 01 00:02:45 password auth succeeded for 'root' from
18 >> 10.16.1.130:45326
19 >> [17] Jan 01 00:02:45 pty_allocate: openpty: No such device
20 >> [17] Jan 01 00:02:45 no pty was allocated, couldn't execute
21 >> But i don't know what to do. :-(
22 >
23 >
24 > Sounds like the /dev/pts issue solar mentioned a few mails back. Make
25 > sure /dev/pts exists, and you have it mounted as devpts (mount devpts
26 > /dev/pts -t devpts), and see if that fixes it.
27 >
28 >
29 > --Kumba
30 >
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36 > small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are
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