See the following threads for some background:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-September/049085.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-September/049092.html

I've created a python module called altpty that uses code from Openssh to implement openpty() and forkpty() functions. They should work across more platforms than the functions from the standard pty module.

The module can be downloaded from:

http://home.mn.rr.com/raynorj/altpty.tar.gz

Installation instructions are in the INSTALL file. I believe you'll need python 2.2 or better to build the module. There's still some cleanup work that could be done, but the module works, and I wanted to make it available and see if there was any real interest in it before I put too much effort into getting everything just so.

Send comments or bug reports to raynorj AT mn.rr.com.