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Fix "Cannot make directory '/run/screen': Permission denied" error

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I applied permission to /run/screen folder but every restart requires this fix. So I change the SCREENDIR to home folder. To fix for all users at WSL run below command.

echo 'export SCREENDIR="$HOME/.screen"'

if you start screen outside of bash like command line or scheduled task run with environment variables.

C:\Users\ahmet>bash -c 'SCREENDIR=$HOME/.screen screen'

stevleibelt commented Jan 3, 2023

thanks, this helped me a lot!