Request for assistance

[worley at ariadne.com (Dale R. Worley)]

   >I have a device file authorization problem.  I'm using expect version 5.12.0.
   >When I tell expect to "spawn telnet", I get the following: 
   >     pty master (/dev/ptysf) is locked...skipping
   >     too many programs spawned? - out of ptys
   >         while executing
   >     "spawn telnet"
   >
   >I cannot find any lock files for /dev/ptysf and I've tried "chmod 777 /dev
   >/pty*", but I still get the same error message.  I do not, however, have 
   >any problem when logged in as root.  Any suggestions would be most welcome.

It looks like the mentioning of ptysf is a red herring -- it's the
last pty in the standard setup, and I suspect that the real error
condition is "out of ptys", not something particular about ptysf.  But
why all of the ptys seem to be inaccessible, I don't know.  The only
thing I can suggest is to check that the pty* and tty* devices all
have the right ownership, permissions, and major/minor numbers.

Dale
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