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* Remove lies about openpty(4) searching for a free pseudo-tty by iteratingkettenis2015-08-281-12/+6
| | | | through all existing pseudo-tty devices in /dev.
* use fancy .In macro for includes. from Jan Klemkow. ok jmc schwarzetedu2013-06-051-4/+4
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* convert to new .Dd format;jmc2007-05-311-2/+2
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* update FILES;jmc2004-11-251-3/+7
| | | | | | fixes pr #3998; diff from frank denis, though slightly different fix committed; help and ok millert@
* typoespie2004-02-211-2/+2
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* Add the ptm device to pty(4). By opening /dev/ptm and using the PTMGETmillert2004-02-101-2/+23
| | | | | | | | | | | ioctl(2), an unprivileged process may allocate a pty and have its owner and mode set appropriately. This means that programs such as xterm and screen no longer need to be setuid. Programs using the openpty() function require zero changes and will "just work". Designed by beck@ and deraadt@; changes by beck@ with cleanup (and a rewrite of the vnode bits) by art@ and tweaks/bugfixes by me. Tested by many.
* Remove the advertising clause in the UCB license which Berkeleymillert2003-06-021-6/+2
| | | | rescinded 22 July 1999. Proofed by myself and Theo.
* - section reorderjmc2003-06-021-5/+5
| | | | - clean up .Xr's
* - typosjmc2003-05-231-2/+2
| | | | - new sentence, new line
* o) start new sentence on a new line;mpech2002-05-011-4/+7
| | | | | | | o) always close .Bl tags; o) fix usage of .Xr; millert@ ok
* Make the list of required #includes match reality.millert2001-07-131-1/+2
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* say how long the buffer needs to bederaadt1999-12-061-2/+3
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* Remove a lie. We don't skip /dev/ttyv* since our pcvt uses /dev/ttyC*.millert1999-08-231-10/+3
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* when using `-' as a negative sign, escape it with a backslash so troff knowsaaron1999-07-071-2/+2
| | | | it's not supposed to be a hyphen/dash
* Update from NetBSD.millert1996-11-241-5/+14
| | | | | | - correct two .Fn references to forkpty() - describe retval of forkpty(); it can return PID as well - add xref to fork(2)
* openpty() returns int.downsj1996-09-071-1/+2
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* libutilderaadt1996-05-221-0/+153