Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-23,: Re: [PATCH] Quotas for /dev/pts/

# Re: [PATCH] Quotas for /dev/pts/

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
5 Jun 2000 16:24:47 -0700

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Followup to: <200006042100.AAA29906@jakorasia.nic.fi>
By author: Topi Miettinen <Topi.Miettinen@nic.fi>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> (Please cc: me, I'm not subscribed.)
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> This experimental patch allows quotas to be used in /dev/pts filesystem, so
> that the system administrator can limit number of ptys a user can allocate.
>

I don't think this is the right way to do it. It should fail the open
of /dev/ptmx, not when trying to access the slave.

-hpa

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