cannot use screen command at boot
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| screen (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have just upgraded from Ubuntu Server 13.10 to 14.04 (64 bit).
I have a script that I use to run a minecraft server (for my son, honest) that uses the screen command. This worked fine using ubuntu 13.10, but now fails on 14.04.
When I run the command during the /etc/init.d process, I get the message:
"Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied" when I use the screen command.
When I list the directory, at the same time (ls -l /var/run), I get:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 20 12:26 /var/run -> /run
If I run the command once the system has finished booting, it all works fine.
If I give the command ls -l /var/run, once the booting has finished, I get:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24995 Apr 20 12:45 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15562 Apr 20 12:46 apps4new.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140924 Apr 20 12:43 apps4new.log~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 12:27 apt
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 43009 Apr 20 15:00 auth.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5640 Apr 20 14:20 boot.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61649 Apr 16 23:03 bootstrap.log
-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 0 Apr 16 23:02 btmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 12:38 cups
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 12 06:33 dist-upgrade
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 51832 Apr 20 14:19 dmesg
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 51914 Apr 20 14:15 dmesg.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14618 Apr 20 14:11 dmesg.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14605 Apr 20 14:02 dmesg.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14623 Apr 20 13:47 dmesg.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14610 Apr 20 13:17 dmesg.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 516026 Apr 20 12:46 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32032 Apr 20 12:45 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1259 Apr 20 12:42 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 12:26 fsck
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 20 12:34 installer
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 612031 Apr 20 14:20 kern.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 landscape root 4096 Apr 20 12:34 landscape
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 292292 Apr 20 14:27 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 Oct 9 2013 ntpstats
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 20 14:48 samba
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeezeboxserver nogroup 4096 Apr 20 12:45 squeezeboxserver
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 687760 Apr 20 15:02 syslog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247920 Apr 20 14:19 udev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 12:50 unattended-upgrades
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 13:18 upstart
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 52992 Apr 20 14:27 wtmp
| UbuntuAddicted (ubuntuaddictedubu) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in screen (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Kyle Crist (zecixx) wrote | #3 |
this is a duplicate bug but they specifically told us to report a new bug against 14.04. I'm running Xubuntu 14.04.1 and I have an init.d script called minecraft which has the following screen command
as_user "cd $MCPATH && /usr/bin/screen -dmS survival-mc /usr/bin/java -Xms2048M -Xmx2048M -Djava.
and I can see in the boot up messages the following error
"Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied" when I use the screen command.
How do I fix this please?