[Sunhelp] Ran out of remote ports "/dev/ptmx"

[Richard Skelton]

Hi Brian,
Take a look at the Solaris 2 FAQ
ftp://ftp.wins.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2.html#q3.41
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> Hello all, I have a Sun Ultra 5 running SunOS 5.7 and I have quite a few
> users logging into it via standard telnet and via Exceed.  Problem is, I've
> run out of virtual ports it will allow, and so all new attempts to connect
> remotely via port 23 fail with the error:
> 
> "   telnetd:  open /dev/ptmx: No such device    "
> 
> If I close out a current telnet session, the next one will connect fine,
> but the one thereafter gives the same error.  So I have obviously hit some
> predefined limit, but want to increase this limit (as much as I appreciate
> the help to not overload the system resources).  The number of port 23
> sessions is about 48.
> 
> Anyone know what to do or what file controls the number of telnet port 23
> remote connects allowed?
> 
> TIA
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> Brian
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