On 3/31/2013 1:26 AM, Kerry Hoath wrote: > Control a DD will power-detach, > exit screen and kill the parent shell does that help? I'll try that, but that isn't what I want. I just want to use ^D as normal to log out. I don't need to detach most of the time. > Having screen launch for every user in /etc/bash_profile might work but will > fail for anyone who ever needs an 8-bit clean terminal connection for sz or > kermit or rsync usage. You'll have to work around that for users that want > to rsync. I'm the only user here and I don't give out shell accounts on my local machine, so I'm not worried about it. I didn't have a problem with rsync. > I set > screen -R > in my .bash_profile for each user I want screen loaded for. > > > To have screen create a new session if you don't have one or reattach to a > currently attached session > screen -d -R Yes, I'll try that. That would reattach if a session is opened which is what I want. > You might also want the following added to the system screenrc or your user > .screenrc > > startup_message off > vbell off > nethack on > > Okay the Nethack is just for a bit of fun. What does the nethack option do? I have the other lines already there. I'm familiar with the nethack game and I think I saw the option referenced somewhere, but I'm not sure what the point of it is.
