Why? Can't he just do 'su steam' and then 'screen -r'? Crazy Canucks wrote: > Well if you do that, then you do need to change the permissions on the > tty. That is what I do because my server is in my home, I am the sole > user, ssh can only be accessed from my lan, etc. I use a small script > to accomplish the task. I call it "steam_console" but obviously you can > call it whatever you wish. > > Mine is slightly different, but yours could look something like this: > > #!/bin/bash > > while [ -z "$user" ] > do > echo "Please enter the user your screen session is running under:" > read user > done > > echo "Here is a list of screen sessions avalable under that user name." > su -c "screen -ls" $user > > while [ -z "$session_name" ] > do > echo "Please enter a screen session name from the above list:" > read session_name > done > > chmod 666 /dev/pts/* > > su -c "screen -r $session_name" $user > > chmod 620 /dev/pts/* > > exit 0 > > This script will change the permissions on the contents of pts to allow > you to open a tty for the user your server is running under, then put > the permissions back the way they should be after. Note that this is on > Debian Etch. I don't know if the contents of the pts folder are > different on different distros, so you might want to check the contents > before you run the script and adjust the permisson in the second to last > line accordingly. > > However, if your server is in a public space and others have access to > it, you might not want to use this script. You would be better off just > to log in as the user that your screen session runs under and do it that > way. > > Drek > > Jonass wrote: > >> Thank you for your responses. >> I run effectively srcds with screen. >> But for me I connect like this: >> - I log into my user with SSH >> - I do "su steam" >> - Then I run the screen >> And in this case, I can not see the screen with "screen -r" due to a >> problem with permissions. >> >> Jonass >> >> Mark - hlds list a écrit : >> >> >>> Glad you posted on that, I re-read his post two or three times trying to >>> figure out why on earth he was saying to change the permissions like >>> that. There is no reason whatsoever to do it if all you're wanting to >>> do is resume your screen session as the user who started it in the first >>> place... so OP, _don't_ change the perms on pts, you'll be able to >>> 'screen -r' just fine, believe me. >>> >>> >>> Crazy Canucks wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Last time I mentioned something like that, I was told changing the >>>> permissions on your tty's was a bad idea. If you log in and access your >>>> console as the same user that you started the screen session under, you >>>> shouldn't need to do that. >>>> >>>> Drek >>>> >>>> X-GameServer | Alexander Nurevski wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> do you start the server in a screen ? >>>>> >>>>> If "yes" do this: >>>>> >>>>> as root >>>>> chmod -R 777 /dev/pts >>>>> >>>>> then switch to the user your server is installed under >>>>> su XXXXXXX >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >
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