Hi Martin,
Martin von Wittich wrote:
> when attaching to a screen that is owned by a different user with a long
> name (> 20 characters), I get the following error:
>
> host ~ # screen -x this-is-a-very-long-username/
> Screen owner name too long - sorry.
>
> screen originally had a limit of 20 characters for usernames and
> wouldn't work at all if your username was longer, but this was mostly
> fixed in a Debian patch. Apparently the patch overlooked this specific
> situation so that this issue still occurs.
I think that's likely possible -- even without having tested it or
having checked the code yet. :-)
> I've attached a patch that resolved this issue for me.
Thanks! Will probably include it in the next upload.
Regards, Axel
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