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 > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're > surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php
