Re: Cannot reattach - asking for password

[Lavd Asir]

1. All entries from `lsof -Ua | grep screen` are owned by my usual user

2. This issue is occurring on a mac Mojave system; SELinux is not available, or the utility `setenforce`. 

Any other suggestions? A previous thread in the mailing list (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2016-10/msg00008.html) suggested simply editing the source to eliminate the authentication function; unfortunately, the code has changed significantly since then and I wasn’t able to locate the relevant function anymore. 

Additionally, this bug report appears to be relevant too: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59878

Thanks

On 28 Dec 2022, at 20:55, Robin Lee Powell <robinleepowell@gmail.com> wrote:

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