Hi James, thanks for the reply. I checked the permissions and they look ok.
bash-2.03# ls -l /dev/tty lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 26 Jul 13 2004 /dev/tty -> ../devices/pseudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:tty bash-2.03# ls -l /devices/pseudo/sy* crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 22, 0 Jul 25 10:39 /devices/pseudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:tty crw------- 1 root sys 97, 1 Mar 17 17:06 /devices/pseudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:msglog crw------- 1 root sys 97, 0 Apr 8 03:10 /devices/pseudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:sysmsg The problem that I mentioned occured rarely earlier, but now it is quite frequent. But most of the times users are able to ssh. If this a permission issue, it should never work, but that is not the case here. Will there be any problem with file descriptors limit?. Thanks Amal --- James B Horwath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check permission's on the /dev/tty device. It > should be 666, owned by > root, group root or system depending on your flavor > of Unix. If the device > is gone, you will need to recreate the device via > mknod. > YMMV > > Jim > > > > > Amalarasan Jayaraman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 07/25/2007 01:44 PM > > > > To > [email protected] > cc > > Subject > error: open /dev/tty failed - could not set > controlling tty: No such > device or address > > > > > > > Hi > > I am using OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep > 2006 > on solaris 8 sparc Generic_117350-44. > > Very frequently I see this error message in > /var/adm/messages file > > error: open /dev/tty failed - could not set > controlling tty: No such device or address > > Also users are getting this error when then try to > ssh to remote hosts from this host > > ssh -l username -L 1080:localhost:1080 -L > 8080:localhost:8080 -L 8888:localhost:8888 > remotehost > Permission denied, please try again. > Permission denied, please try again. > Permission denied (publickey,password). > > It doesn't prompt for password, instead it just > throws > this error and returns to the prompt. > > Any clues on this problem?. > > Thanks > Amal > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email > wherever you're > surfing. > http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php > > > > ----------------------------------------- > This message, and any attachments to it, may contain > information > that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from > disclosure under > applicable law. If the reader of this message is > not the intended > recipient, you are notified that any use, > dissemination, > distribution, copying, or communication of this > message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in > error, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and > delete the > message and any attachments. Thank you. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz
