Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: /dev/pts question | Date | 18 Apr 2001 15:29:01 -0700 |
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Followup to: <01041822354404.00617@ElkOS> By author: elko <elko@home.nl> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > as I understand, /dev/pts was created > to make an end to the overload in /dev/<devices> > and let the kernel put the entries in /dev/pts > when they are used/needed/installed. >
You understand wrong. /dev/pts was constructed because the semantics of BSD pty's is broken (there are issues with permissions.)
> but still, when I enable /dev/pts, I have to > keep the /dev/<devices> for backward compatibility > with already installed applications that rely on them.
You should fix your applications.
> would it be possible/sane to make like a > /dev/* (some sort of a /dev/B-compatible) besides > /dev/pts, where the kernel `translates' the > /dev/<device> request to /dev/* and then > `translate' that to the correct /dev/pts entry ??
Absolutely not. BSD and Unix98 ptys have different semantics, and absolutely, positively, must be kept separate -- or you have a security hole in your machine.
Fix your old applications.
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