Re: FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) OFF!
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Mikko Työläjärvi wrote: I need patch to raise FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) UP or OFF. In shell-production usage, that limit is ridiculous, there must be stop to this and put PTY-limits off! I changed my servers operating systems moment ago from Linux to FreeBSD thinking that FreeBSD could be more better, but how this can be possible, that so important think like PTYs are limited to so low?? every UNIX has more ptys. This is a long standing problem, as is evident from kern/25866 [1] from 2001. A more recent report is standards/90896 [2], wich also contains a patch. I'd suggest you try the patch and provide feedback to the bug report. FYI, there's also a tty_pts.c floating around, based on some work I did at McAfee a couple of years ago, that implements /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts for FreeBSD. Among other things, it removes the limit on the number pty's, and adopts the Sys V pty naming convention. While there are upsides and downsides to the naming convention, it does attempt to normalize the way we handle pty's, as well as removing the requirement for root privilege in order to allocate and properly protect a pty. I have an older version at http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/pts/. However, it's fairly dated, and may not work due to other changes since it was written (I've not looked to see). I've tried several times to trick developers into picking it up and doing the last remaining work to make it real -- largely what's required is work on the forward/backward compatibility issue, that and extensive testing and a security audit. It would be nice to ship 7.x with these changes as it would resolve a lot of problems. Robert N M Watson___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) OFF!
Hi Antti, I need patch to raise FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) UP or OFF. In shell-production usage, that limit is ridiculous, there must be stop to this and put PTY-limits off! I changed my servers operating systems moment ago from Linux to FreeBSD thinking that FreeBSD could be more better, but how this can be possible, that so important think like PTYs are limited to so low?? every UNIX has more ptys. This is a long standing problem, as is evident from kern/25866 [1] from 2001. A more recent report is standards/90896 [2], wich also contains a patch. I'd suggest you try the patch and provide feedback to the bug report. $.02, /Mikko 1) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/25866) 2) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=standards/90896 ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) OFF!
Antti Korpela [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need patch to raise FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) UP or OFF. I already gave you a patch. Your unwillingness to provide the information necessary to figure out why my patch doesn't work for you is entirely *your* problem. In shell-production usage, that limit is ridiculous, there must be stop to this and put PTY-limits off! Remember that this ridiculous software was provided to you by us entirely free of charge. Show us a minimum of respect, and try to work *with* us to resolve issues instead of demanding solutions on a silver platter. I changed my servers operating systems moment ago from Linux to FreeBSD thinking that FreeBSD could be more better, but how this can be possible, that so important think like PTYs are limited to so low?? every UNIX has more ptys. We are not responsible for your failure to adequately test your systems before putting them in production, nor for your misconceptions about the nature of Unix[tm]. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) OFF!
Then change the default it isnt hard you cant just come on a mailing list and demand a patch be raised just becuase you think this is rediculous this is why we have man pages and all that google.com/bsd your english is pretty poor too if you dont like freebsd then dont use it but dont demand people a patch just becuase you find something rediculous. Hi, I need patch to raise FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) UP or OFF. In shell-production usage, that limit is ridiculous, there must be stop to this and put PTY-limits off! I changed my servers operating systems moment ago from Linux to FreeBSD thinking that FreeBSD could be more better, but how this can be possible, that so important think like PTYs are limited to so low?? every UNIX has more ptys. I'm hoping fast reply from you.. Yours, Antti Korpela ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) OFF!
Hi, I need patch to raise FreeBSD 6.0 default pty/tty-limit (256) UP or OFF. In shell-production usage, that limit is ridiculous, there must be stop to this and put PTY-limits off! I changed my servers operating systems moment ago from Linux to FreeBSD thinking that FreeBSD could be more better, but how this can be possible, that so important think like PTYs are limited to so low?? every UNIX has more ptys. I'm hoping fast reply from you.. Yours, Antti Korpela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then change the default it isnt hard you cant just come on a mailing list and demand a patch be raised just becuase you think this is rediculous this is why we have man pages and all that google.com/bsd your english is pretty poor too if you dont like freebsd then dont use it but dont demand people a patch just becuase you find something rediculous. For starters, let be nice, and truthful. The community is known for this, and you've no leg to stand on. His English grammar isn't so great, but it is understandable; furthermore, he knows where the shift key is and is ahead of you in spelling, 0 to 2; plus, take a look at paragraph structure. For the most part, 4 sentences and 71 words beats one sentence of 66 for clarity. I am not an expert, but looking at pty(4), it seems he has a point. /dev/pty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v] sure looks like 2^8 to me. But I'll leave it to the experts to discuss the truth or fiction of the assumption and the difficulty of its reconciliation, if such can occur Kevin Kinsey -- I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half. -- Jay Gould ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
