How do I reconnect to a lost screen (detached, missing socket)?
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I had a session running on a home server. My workstation needed a reboot, so I detached and killed the terminal. Upon reconnecting to the server, I execute my typical Huh? No, not a new session, gimme the old one. I know, I'll grab it directly. What's the socket name? Wait... what? I know I left it…
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$ screen -D -R [new screen]
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checks the fifo/socket whenever it receives a signal. If the socket is missing, it will be recreated. So the solution is to find the process and send it . On my Debian system, appears to be installed as setgid but not setuid, so the first solution f…
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