tty's aren't reused

Nifty Hat Mitch mitch48 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Oct 8 13:20:19 UTC 2004


On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:16:46AM -0400, Eric Wood wrote:
> 
> Ever time I log into my FC2 box (through Xterm or through ssh), I get a next
> higher up pts tty number:
> 
> [login]
> # tty
> /dev/pts/6
> [logout]
....

> The tty is not reused. This is throwing off my terminal management
> programs.  What's the deal?

Tell us more about what you are doing each time you login.

It looks as if you are login in to a login that has logged in and that
"w" will show multiple instances of you.



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