*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 574773 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574773
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: screen (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 574773 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574773
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 574773
Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312259
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This still occurs. I reinstalled screen, and now get the same error
recurring about 2 weeks later. As reported, using sudo screen first lets
other users use screen until reboot.
** Changed in: screen (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => New
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Thanks for following up, I'm glad it's working. I'll close this bug
report now.
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Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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This last suggestion has fixed the issue. Thanks for the help!
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It's possible that during reinstall some conf files didn't get removed, so
let's try to purge screen then install it again (PLEASE don't purge from
apt-get as ubuntu-desktop depends on screen).
sudo dpkg --force-depends --purge screen
sudo apt-get install screen
Does the problem still pers
It looks like I am mounting /var/run separately. I also tried to reinstall
screen, but it didn't change anything.
Here are the files that you requested.
Thanks for helping me with this.
** Attachment added: "fstab.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20855693/fstab.txt
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Are you mounting /var or /var/run separately from the rest of your filesystem?
The permissions look correct on the files and folders (the "s" is setgid). I
would suggest trying to reinstall screen, and also upload to this bug report as
separate attachments the file
/etc/fstab
the output of
Here are the results right after startup:
$ ls -l /var | grep run
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 780 2008-12-31 11:29 run
$ ls -l /usr/bin/screen
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root utmp 364K 2008-06-13 12:24 /usr/bin/screen
Still produces error
$ screen
Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied
Any
Before running screen with sudo (so after a fresh reboot, when the error
occurs), can you please post the output of
ls -l /var | grep run
and
ls -l /usr/bin/screen
The first command should show the permissions of the folder /var/run as 755
(drwxr-xr-x) and owned by root:root
The last comma
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