What is the benefit of not allocating a terminal in ssh?

The primary difference is the concept of interactivity. It’s similar to running commands locally inside of a script, vs. typing them out yourself. It’s different in that a remote command must choose a default, and non-interactive is safest. (and usually most honest) STDIN If a PTY is allocated, applications can detect this and know that … Read more

QEMU: /bin/sh: can’t access tty; job control turned off

From Linux From Scratch Chapter 6.8. Populating /dev 6.8.1. Creating Initial Device Nodes When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence of a few device nodes, in particular the console and null devices. Create these by running the following commands: You should then continue with the steps in “6.8.2. Mounting tmpfs and Populating /dev”. … Read more