Bug 248771 – xendomains init script: screen needs custom .screenrc

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2008-11-25 10:36:03 UTC]

the /etc/init.d/xendomains init script supports screen for
domU console handling. unfortunately, screen reads /etc/screenrc
and /root/.screenrc which can contain entries that make it fail
in the xendomains context. thus, xendomains needs to call screen
with a custom screenrc file to prevent it reading /root/.screenrc
or /etc/screenrc like this: -c /dev/null

[Comment 1 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2008-11-25 10:40:31 UTC]

Created attachment 173325 [details, diff]
Patch for /etc/init.d/xendomains

Patch for /etc/init.d/xendomains which prevents screen from reading any user screenrc

[Comment 2 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2008-11-25 16:49:04 UTC]

Even better patch: use...

${SCREENRC:-/dev/null}

...instead of...

/dev/null

...so a user _can_ specify a custom screenrc but does not _have to_.

[Comment 3 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2009-01-26 13:49:18 UTC]

ping

[Comment 4 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2009-09-01 09:58:59 UTC]

In portage (3.4.1-r1).