From mikes at guam.net  Wed Sep  2 13:15:50 2026
From: mikes at guam.net (Michael D. Setzer II)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 23:15:50 +1000
Subject: Had telnetd stop working - found fix but not sure why?
Message-ID: <6A982186.6049.48BFEC@mikes.guam.net>

Have used telnetd, but not often, so not sure when it stopped 
working

section from init script with fix.

# CRITICAL FIX: Force mount the actual devtmpfs explicitly for the 
initramfs
mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
#9/1/2026 added to fix telnetd??
mkdir /dev/pts
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts

Without the mkdir  /dev/pts telnetd fails.

There is a /dev/ptmx 5,2 file but not pts subdirectory?
after adding the mkdir /dev/pts line, it has a /dev/pts/ptmx file 5,2
and the telnetd then works.

Is there better solution? 
Thanks.

Using 7.2 kernels at moment.

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