Re: Cannot reattach - asking for password

[Robin Lee Powell]

You've basically got two options here that I can think of:

1.  Your screen socket, or the directory it's in, is owned by a
    different user; go looking at ownership.  "root" or "nobody"
    seem likely options.

2.  SELinux is getting involved.  While you should *not* run like
    this long term, you can test this by running "sudo setenforce 0"
    and trying again.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 05:01:35AM +0000, Lavd Asir wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I’ve recently started using the master version and whenever I try to 
> re-attach a screen session, I am prompted with the following:
> 
> `screen used by XXX <YYY> on ZZZ`
> 
> Then it asks for a password. The password for my username (and the only user 
> on this machine) doesn’t work, it prints `Password incorrect` and exits. 
> 
> I used to use an older version of screen before, and I could reattach without 
> a password prompt. 
> 
> Note that in this scenario screen is not Locked (via `C-a x`), just simply 
> detached (`C-a d`).
> 
> I am unable to reattach any screen session, what can I do?
> 
> Operating system is Mojave. 
> 
> Thank you