Re: pkg/48313: x11vnc - unable to log back in with -forever -unixpw

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/48313; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/48313: x11vnc - unable to log back in with -forever -unixpw
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:54:29 +0900

 On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:20:00 +0900, <nathanialsloss%yahoo.com.au@localhost> 
wrote:
 
 > After looking through the source I found there is a define IS_BSD in 
 > unixpw.c and if set it will only attempt to open /dev/pty* which is no good 
 > if your running ptyfs.  If IS_BSD is undefined then it will use /dev/pts/* 
 > and one can still set an environment variable "BSD_PTY" and it will use 
 > /dev/pty*.
 
 It is better to work with default configuration (without ptyfs) without 
additional environment setting.
 So, should openpty(3) be used?
 
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