Setting session name when calling screen from script

2010-01-29 Thread bradley . schrag
I'm calling screen from a script and want to set the session name based on run-time parameters. So I'm using a command similar to: VARNAME=FOO screen -S $VARNAME Screen seems to just skip the variable. Is there a way to persuade screen to expand $VARNAME to FOO? I'd rather not have to build a

Issues getting multiuser to work

2009-06-06 Thread bradley . schrag
Hi. I'm new to the list. Have been using screen on a limited basis for a few years. Neither I nor my *nix admin can see why I can't get multiuser to work. Details are below, but in summary, it looks like we have privileges and group membership set up correctly. But I get nothing but "Attach at