Re: starting screen via su+sudo

* Charles Fry <[email protected]> [2004-03-18 14:43]:
> 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.

well, i got a debian, too.  however, none of these work here.

  guckes@home:~> sudo screen
  /var/run/screen/S-root/8634.pts-0.home: No such file or directory

  guckes@home:~> su -c screen
  Password:
  /var/run/screen/S-root/8634.pts-0.home: No such file or directory

  guckes@home:~> su - noguckes -c screen
  Password:
  Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/5' - please check.
  guckes@home:~> ls -l `tty`
  crw-------    1 guckes   tty      136,   5 Mar 18 21:10 /dev/pts/5

so - anyone?

Sven


 
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