I have been trying to attach and detach screen
sessions in LXD-managed containers; initially, I wasn't able to even start one, but that problem was answered here.
However, being able to start a session, then detach it, isn't sufficient. To work with screen
sessions, one must be able to re-attach to a certain session.
I can initiate a session with
lxc exec my-ubuntu -- sh -c "exec >/dev/tty 2>/dev/tty </dev/tty && /usr/bin/screen -s /bin/bash"
but then, when I issue
lxc exec my-ubuntu -- sh -c "exec >/dev/tty 2>/dev/tty </dev/tty && /usr/bin/screen -x"
either nothing at all happens (I just get another command line) or, if I've issued the first command more than once, I get There are several suitable screens on:
followed by a list of sessions, and a suggestion to re-attach to them with "screen [-d] -r [pid.]tty.host"
. However, that also fails silently. I've also tried to issue
lxc exec my-ubuntu -- sh -c "exec >/dev/tty 2>/dev/tty </dev/tty && /bin/bash"
and then screen -x
from the resulting terminal, to no avail.
What can I do?
EDIT:
If I use the last command to get a terminal inside my container my-ubuntu
, I can initiate screen
sessions just typing screen
, and detach them with CTRL-a
followed by d
. However, screen -x
then fails silently just as described above, and if I try CTRL-a
followed by n
from within a session, it reports no other window.
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