Re: [vserver] screen in vserver?

From: Nuno Silva (nuno.silva_at_vgertech.com)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 13:10:29 EDT

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Hi,

this is because /dev/pts/2 is crw------- root root

this can happen if you login as root and then "su - USER". If you
"enter" the vserver via ssh, /dev/pts/2 will have the permissions you want.

(This is "normal" behaviour even in the "main" server)

HTH,
Nuno Silva

Justin M Kuntz wrote:
> Hello --
>
> Sorry for another probably dumb question - but I'm having trouble getting
> "screen" to work in a vserver. I get an error about:
> Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/2' - please check.
>
> I intentially don't want my vservers to be tied at this point to any of the
> virtual terminals accessible from the main keyboard console.
>
> Is it possibly to fake the pts entries for screen? If so, do I need to
> create multiple pts entries using mknod? In other words, am I limited to
> the number of pts as the number of instances of screen I can use per
> vserver?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justin
>

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