Subject: Re: [vserver] X/dev/ptsX messages
From: "John A. Sullivan III" <jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:33:17 -0400

On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 20:02 +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:04:35PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > Hello, all.  We're now finally in the midst of combining VServer and
> > X2Go as the centerpiece of our new project.  
> 
> good to hear!
> 
> > I am seeing quite a number of these messages in /var/log/messages on
> > the VServer host:
> 
> > vd01 kernel: vxW: [XpsX,26581:#40002|40002|40002] did lookup hidden devpts:ffff88041a8d5440[#0,2]
X/dev/ptsX.
> 
> > Pardon my ignorance but what is it telling me? Thanks - John
> 
> that a process (ps, pid 26581) from a context (40002)
> did lookup a pts entry belonging to a different context
> (in this case the host)
> 
> usually happens only when you 'enter' a guest ...
> 
> best,
> Herbert
<snip>
Ah, OK. So nothing abnormal as we have not enabled root access on these
guests and so enter them from the host for admin tasks.  Thanks - John
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