Cyberclops in a bind

[Ray Strode]

> this, I see that I'm still not clear on the difference between a "TTY"
> and a "pts/"x"".  The reason I say this is that the "pts/x" is listed in
> the "TTY" column so I presume it is some sort of subset of "TTY" but it
> then makes me hazy about my understanding of a so called "tty." 
TTY stands for TeleTYpe.  It's a carry over from before monitors were 
used (or atleast I think I heard that somewhere).  ttys are the local virtual
terminals you get by pressing ctrl-alt-f#.  pts is for every other terminal, like
remote logins and xterms and things.       

--Ray