Patch from Brad Smith to use posix_openpt() instead of

[u/mdw/putty] / unix / uxpty.c

diff --git a/unix/uxpty.c b/unix/uxpty.c
index 36a05fc..186ff5a 100644 (file)
--- a/unix/uxpty.c
+++ b/unix/uxpty.c
@@ -335,12 +335,28 @@ static void pty_open_master(Pty pty)
     chown(pty->name, getuid(), gp ? gp->gr_gid : -1);
     chmod(pty->name, 0600);
 #else
-    pty->master_fd = open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR);
+
+    const int flags = O_RDWR
+#ifdef O_NOCTTY
+        | O_NOCTTY
+#endif
+        ;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_OPENPT
+    pty->master_fd = posix_openpt(flags);
+
+    if (pty->master_fd < 0) {
+       perror("posix_openpt");
+       exit(1);
+    }
+#else
+    pty->master_fd = open("/dev/ptmx", flags);
 
     if (pty->master_fd < 0) {
        perror("/dev/ptmx: open");
        exit(1);
     }
+#endif
 
     if (grantpt(pty->master_fd) < 0) {
        perror("grantpt");