[screen-devel] Screen bug that opens a root terminal

Versions 4.09.00, 4.8.0-6 OS: Ubuntu 20.04 and newer, Raspberry Pi OS, as well as Arch. Architecture: x86_64 and ARM (Raspberry Pi 3b+) Bug replication: running 'screen /dev/ttyUSB0' to open a serial connection and then pressing CTRL+A followed by CTRL+C opens immediately into a root terminal. T

Re: [screen-devel] Screen bug that opens a root terminal

Hi, Debian's screen package maintainer writing here. Thanks for reporting your findings! On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 07:14:17PM +, Bobby S wrote: > Versions 4.09.00, 4.8.0-6 > OS: Ubuntu 20.04 and newer, Raspberry Pi OS, as well as Arch. > Architecture: x86_64 and ARM (Raspberry Pi 3b+) 4.8.0-6

Re: [screen-devel] Screen bug that opens a root terminal

Hi Bobby, [Bobby only replied to me by accident. I've asked if I may cite that reply on the list anyway and got an ok for that.] On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 10:39:58PM +, Bobby S wrote: > It could be that sudo was invoked at the time of running the > command. The Arch session was running from a U