unable to get pty

From: Stephen Trew <s.trew_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:36:51 +0000

Hi,

Alpha 3000/300, DU4.0

Last week when fixing the uid 12 wnn problem I accidentally
changed modes on the /usr directory tree (instead of the
/usr directory) to 755. I realized after a few seconds and
stopped it, but there have been some problems since.

One major problem is when a user logs into the machine and
tries to bring up a terminal window the window appears with
this error:

    unable to get pty

there is no prompt in the window so it is unusable.

Any suggestions as to how to fix?

Thanks

Stephen

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Stephen Trew,
School of Geosciences, The Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK.
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