Category Archives: Kernel Tuning

Server refused to allocate pty Warning: no access to tty (Bad file number)

(Also for Solaris PTY. Setting up number of PTYs) That error was experienced when trying to connect to a server through ssh. The server being accessed here is a Sunfire V20 running Solaris 2.6. First glance, looks like that the maximum number of allowed ssh connection has been reached. This is a knows issue for … Continue reading