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Article #563Re: TCP/IP, telnet and the RT...
From: Steve Dyer
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 23:00
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 23:00
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In article <6680@portia.Stanford.EDU> karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) writes:
>Or else the ptys are present, but none are enabled. Use `devices' to
>turn the `ae' (auto-enable) option on for some of the ptys, so getty
>will listen for logins on them. Some un-enabled ptys should also be
>present, for outgoing telnet and ftp sessions.
Are you telling me that AIX/RT doesn't use inetd but instead requires
getty to be spawned and waiting on each pty?? Gad. At least AIX PS/2
gets THAT right.
Why would telnet (or for that matter, ftp) require a pty on outgoing
sessions? Is this just a speculation of yours or are you relating
the awful truth?
--
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!snorkelwacker!spdcc!dyer From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: TCP/IP, telnet and the RT... Message-ID: <610@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> Date: 15 Nov 89 23:00:33 GMT References: <16994@uhnix1.uh.edu> <605@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <6680@portia.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Distribution: na Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA Lines: 18