Bug 446049 - Screen multiuser mode broken
Summary: Screen multiuser mode broken
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: screen
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-12 12:13 UTC by Vasile Chelban
Modified: 2008-05-29 02:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: 4.0.3-10.fc8
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Last Closed: 2008-05-16 11:36:19 UTC
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Description Vasile Chelban 2008-05-12 12:13:43 UTC
Description of problem:
After update to screen-4.0.3-9.fc8, multiuser mode could not be used.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
screen-4.0.3-9.fc8

How reproducible:
In order to use screen multiuser mode, screen executable must be suid root. 
Otherwise, screen print message 'Must run suid root for multiuser support' and 
exits. After setting suid on /usr/bin/screen, screen starts and exits 
imediately, in xterm's title will be message: 
Cannot open /dev/pts/8: Permission denied


Steps to Reproduce:
1. chmod u+s /usr/bin/screen
2. chmod 755 /var/run/screen (required by screen)
3. screen
  
Actual results:
Screen exists imediately with message 'Cannot open /dev/pts/8: Permission 
denied'

Expected results:
Screen should open new shell

Additional info:
Previous version (4.0.3-8) works as expected.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2008-05-16 11:06:23 UTC
screen-4.0.3-10.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-05-16 11:06:55 UTC
screen-4.0.3-12.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-05-29 02:51:34 UTC
screen-4.0.3-10.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-05-29 02:52:06 UTC
screen-4.0.3-12.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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