Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!unc!mcnc!rti!trt From: trt@rti.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: question about getpass Message-ID: <1111@rti.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 08:53:54 EDT Article-I.D.: rti.1111 Posted: Fri Jun 10 08:53:54 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 09:12:16 EDT References: uwvax.903 Lines: 10 /dev/tty cannot be open(II)ed if, for example: 1. /dev/tty does not exist. (even /dev/null has been known to vanish when the disks are flakey.) 2. The modes on /dev/tty do not permit opening for reading. 3. There are no more available file descriptors (i.e. you have already opened > ~20 files). 4. The system has no more incore inode space. 5. A disk error occurs during the open. Awful, isn't it? Tom Truscott