Screen Tool Error
When using the screen tool you may be unable to start a screen session but instead encounter an error:
Logs:-
Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/0' - please check.
This is because another user (you) initiated the current terminal – you probably did a sudo su into the user you are now trying to run screen as, right?'
There are two ways to resolve this:
Sign out and properly connect / sign in as the user you wish to use.
Run script /dev/null to own the shell (more info over at Server Fault); then try screen again.
Important: Do not chmod the virtual terminal device like suggested at (way too many) places around the interwebs. This gives other users read and write access to the terminal session!
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