Read-only root-filesystem

DeviPrasad Natesan ndprasad at gmail.com
Fri Mar 24 08:14:19 WST 2006


Hi,
This was solved when i added "--disable-openpty" in the configuration.

Thanx
- Prasad

On 3/23/06, DeviPrasad Natesan <ndprasad at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Does the dropbear-ssh needs writable root-filesystem to run correctly.
> I set my file-system as read-only (which i ultimately wants to) and it
> fails giving the following error.
>
> ====================
> TRACE: continue recv_msg_channel_request: session request
> TRACE: enter chansessionrequest
> TRACE: type is shell
> TRACE: enter sessioncommand
> TRACE: enter ptycommand
> [147] Mar 23 04:51:57 no pty was allocated, couldn't execute
> ========================
>
> It works ok when i change the root-filesystem as the read-write.
> Apparently due to the /dev/pty* ?.
>
> I am running the default dropbear found in the uClinux-dist
> distribution with my microblaze as the processor. Please let me know
> how i can run the dropbear with the read-only root file system.
>
> Appreciate your reply.
>
> Thnx
> - Prasad
>



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