Psesudo Terminal and Telnet

[LucianoCarvalho]

Hi Guys!

I'm upgrading my server from 10.20 to 11.00. My application uses the tty command to get the pseudo terminal associated with the application. On 10.20 that pseudo terminal will be /dev/xxxx. On 11.00 that pseudo terminal will be /dev/pts/xxx. Is there any way to change te 11.00 behavior, so the pseudo terminal used would be that on /dev instead of on /dev/pty ?
Thanks in advance.

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi Luciano,

No, you can't change the location of the pseudo term devices....BUT....
You might be able to create links as follows:

/dev/0 -> /dev/pts/0
.
.
.
/dev/t5k -> /dev/pts/t5k

such that you wouldn't have to change your app.
But I've never done this - never had to - & I would rigorously test this prior to implementing in a sensitive environment.

Rgds,
Jeff