Re: [vserver] X/dev/ptsX messages

From: John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan_at_opensourcedevel.com>
Date: Thu 26 Mar 2009 - 19:33:17 GMT
Message-Id: <1238095997.6574.0.camel@jaspav.missionsit.net.missionsit.net>

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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