i would assume u don't have enough virtual terminals to support all your 
users.

how many tty-s (normally in /dev) do u have, do u get this error only when u 
have to many users?

На 25.7.2007 19:44 Amalarasan Jayaraman пише:
> 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
>
>
>
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