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Re: Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:14:43 -0500
- Subject: Re: Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
- References: <8755449.post@talk.nabble.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:10:35PM -0800, peter360 wrote:
>I just installed cygwin/X. My system is:
>
>$ uname -a
>CYGWIN_NT-5.1 AGAINSTSTONE-LX 1.5.24(0.156/4/2) 2007-01-31 10:57 i686 Cygwin
>
>
>I start the X server using the included startxwin.bat file. In the xterm
>window this is what I got
>$ ssh destination.host
>Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
>...
>
>ssh asks me for password but as I type the password echoes into the terminal
>window! I assume this is related to the warning message about not being
>able to allocate Pseudo terminal. But why? Why is my stdin not a terminal?
>Anybody has a clue?
Yep. You have a non-cygwin tool in there somewhere (ssh, maybe?) which doesn't
understand cygwin's ptys.
cgf
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