TITLE:		PPPd pty error
LFS VERSION:	any
AUTHOR:		Hywel Mallett <circular@hmallett.co.uk>

SYNOPSIS:
	How to fix a strange pty bug.

HINT:
> Well, I had ppp working  a few days ago, but now I get the error
> can't open pty slave /dev/pts/0: no such file or dir
>
> And yep there is no /dev/pts/*
>
> Rather odd...any ideas?
>    Kurt

Do:
# cd /dev/pts/
# mknod --mode=0620 0 char 136 0

this creates /dev/pts/0

The alternative is to use devpts, as decribed in Chapter 8 of the LFS book.