Re: problem using screen after running /bin/su

[Joe Zbiciak]

This seems like a horrible seething hack, but try this:

    screen < /dev/tty

Seems to solve it under Linux.

Regards,

--Joe

--- "Felix E. Klee" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:39:48 -0700 (PDT) Edward Quillen
> wrote:
> > Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/4' - please check.
> 
> I have the same problem under Linux. I found out that the
> device is
> owned by the user who started the terminal (emulator).
> Ordinary users
> cannot read/write from/to that device. The device seems
> to be central
> for IO; for example issuing
> 
>     echo "hello" > /dev/pts/4
> 
> should output "hello" in the terminal. It's a while ago
> that I searched
> the web. All I could find were people saying that the
> above problem is a
> bug in screen.
> 
> A workaround may involve setting the needed permissions
> before su'ing.
> 
> Felix
> 
> 
> 
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