How to use pseudo-terminals in Linux with C?

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to use pseudo-terminal\'s in linux, essentially I want to create a telnetd clone, something I mentioned in an earlier question.

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Answer 1

You don't lauch a getty for ptys. The getty is only the "listener" part of the process. For hardwired terminals, each individual terminal-device is "listening" constantly. For telnet, the daemon does the listening part(on a socket), and handles connection request by creating a pty pair, and fork()ing / exec()ing. And indeed: APUE handles ptys very well.