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

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

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

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/48313: x11vnc - unable to log back in with -forever -unixpw
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:57:08 +0200

 On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:00:02AM +0000, OBATA Akio wrote:
 > 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
 > Cc: 
 > 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?
 
 NetBSD has been using ptyfs by default for a while now.
 
 Joerg