Package: screen
Version: 4.0.3-13
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Thanks for maintaining screen.
== My problem ==
Whenever I try to start screen, I get the error message "Directory
'/var/run/screen' must have mode 777". /usr/bin/screen is owned by
0(root):43(utmp). But /var/run/screen is owned by 0(root):22(voice).
I have no idea why.
If I chmod 777 /var/run/screen, it fixes the problem. Alternatively,
if I chown root:utmp /var/run/screen, it also fixes the problem.
My /var/log/dpkg.log{,*gz} files are incomplete but they show that
some of the screen versions I've ever used include 4.0.2.4-1,
4.0.3-0.2, 4.0.3-0.3+b1, 4.0.3-11, and 4.0.3-13.
Bug http://bugs.debian.org/471763 describes a couple of different
problems. My problem is very similar to Ambrose Li's and Stephen
Kitt's. Mine is not very similar to Daniel Dickinson's.
== Suggested fix ==
In message http://bugs.debian.org/471763#45 Daniel Hornung suggests
that if you swap lines 25 and 26 of /etc/init.d/screen-cleanup, it
will fix my problem. I have attached a patch which swaps those two
lines. Why not apply it?
--- screen-cleanup 2009-06-21 04:04:05.000000000 +0000
+++ screen-cleanup.new 2009-06-21 04:04:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
if test -L $SCREENDIR || ! test -d $SCREENDIR; then
rm -f $SCREENDIR
mkdir $SCREENDIR
- chown root:utmp $SCREENDIR
fi
+ chown root:utmp $SCREENDIR
find $SCREENDIR -type p -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f --
# If the local admin has used dpkg-statoverride to install the screen
# binary with different set[ug]id bits, change the permissions of
