Ssh doesn't want to reuse ttys

James Haggerty <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:29:55 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.os.hurd.general
Message-ID <CAMwi+5Ye1sGzUdg=FvLQkgAZXdzQCPvJfmErUY8vhMNvjS6+bg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

Trying to understand how translators should work.

I've noticed that every time I login to an ssh session I get another
/hurd/term process on a new device. Now, of course, an ls /dev then gave me
a large number of term processes, but this still feels messy... and there's
apparently no easy way to cull unused translators (device or resource
busy?). I guess they can just happily sit there, but I would still like ssh
to reuuse an existing unoccupied /dev/tty* before it starts a new
translator.

Thoughts? What am I missing?

James.