On Sep 25, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> wrote: > [quoted lines by Chris Moore on 2014/09/24 at 21:13 -0400] > >>> What's the output of ls -l on your screen executable? >>> >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12 Sep 20 16:22 /opt/local/bin/screen -> >> screen-4.2.1 > > And what, then, is the output of ls -l on the screen-4.2.1 executable? > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root admin 484740 Sep 20 16:22 /opt/local/bin/screen-4.2.1
>>> In which order do you invoke them? >> sudo screen > > This'd mean that you're effectively logged in as root since you're running > screen as root and then creating screen windows from within that root > environment. This probably explains why you aren't having any problems, but > it's also an extremely risky way to do your day-to-day work. > Agreed! >> then brltty within the screen session. > > Which also means that brltty, too, would be running as root for the same > raeson > as above - screen is running as root. > > Am I correct that /opt/local/bin isn't in your command search path, or is it? > echo $PATH /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin > What's the output from the command: type screen > screen is /opt/local/bin/screen > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.com/ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
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