Re: screen with su and dosemu

> > I want use the following command:
> > su - user - c screen dosemu
> >
> > But i have the following error:
> >   "Cannot open your terminal
> >   '/dev/pts/0' - please check."
> 
> anyway, you can only start a screen session
> on a terminal which belongs to the user, too.
> 
> so that's why starting screen as root won't work.

Actually I _can_ sudo to root and then start screen succesfully.

Further, I was able to succesfully start a screen using both of the
following commands:

   sudo screen
   su -c screen
   su - user -c screen

I tested all of these on a Debian Linux system.

Charles

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