Re: [screen-devel] GNU screen on Debian 9.0 runs with root account only

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Oscar,

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 08:27:21PM +0200, Oscar Barreca wrote:
> Subject: GNU screen on Debian 9.0 runs with root account only

This doesn't seem to be a general issue as it works fine as user as
well as root for me on Debian 9. Also there is no such (generic) bug
reports in Debian about such a rather severe sounding issue.

> I'll be short and to the point.

Being short in bug reports usually won't help. Please be verbose.

> I will not provide any other information because I have already shared them
> on SuperUser. This is the post <https://superuser.com/q/1223015/539790> I
> opened several weeks ago when I encountered this unexpected behavior
> ("bug") for the first time. If you think the whole Internet community can
> benefit from hearing your solution to this very specific issue, I encourage
> you to post a reply on SuperUser.

Have you checked the currently open bug reports about Screen in
Debian? https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=screen;dist=stable

For example is there a relation to https://bugs.debian.org/854414?
That would the same thing someone pointed in the SuperUser post on
26th of June without obvious reaction from you. ("I tinkered with the
$TERM-like variables" is not really verbose. Please tell, which values
you tried and with which result.)

> Further, if you need more information about my setup, feel free to
> ask it directly or on the SuperUser post.

Have you tried to remove or rename your .screenrc and tried it without
it? Have you modified the global /etc/screenrc?

Have you SELinux enabled?

Which terminal or terminal emulator(s) are you using?

  Kind regards, Axel (Debian screen package maintainer who reads screen-devel)
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