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  • PTY allocation request failed

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    Problem: after vLAN change in one of vmware guest production system OS RHEL6.6_x64; unable to connect via ssh; also from the server desktop the terminal can not be open; no way to login to this server;

    SSH ERROR

    ssh root@10.xxx.xxx.xxx

    root@10.xxx.xxx.xxx's password:
    PTY allocation request failed on channel 0

    from server desktop, right click for open terminal;

    ERROR:
    " There was an error creating the child process for this terminal"
    "getpt failed: No such file or directory"

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