[Bug 1310270] [NEW] cannot use screen command at boot

[Nick Sillito]

Public bug reported:

I have just upgraded from Ubuntu Server 13.10 to 14.04 (64 bit).

I have a script that I use to run a minecraft server (for my son,
honest) that uses the screen command. This worked fine using ubuntu
13.10, but now fails on 14.04.

When I run the command during the  /etc/init.d process, I get the
message:

"Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied" when I use
the screen command.

When I list the directory, at the same time (ls -l /var/run), I get:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 20 12:26 /var/run -> /run

If I run the command once the system has finished booting, it all works
fine.

If I give the command ls -l /var/run, once the booting has finished, I
get:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root     24995 Apr 20 12:45 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root     15562 Apr 20 12:46 apps4new.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root    140924 Apr 20 12:43 apps4new.log~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root             root      4096 Apr 20 12:27 apt
-rw-r----- 1 syslog           adm      43009 Apr 20 15:00 auth.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root      5640 Apr 20 14:20 boot.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root     61649 Apr 16 23:03 bootstrap.log
-rw-rw---- 1 root             utmp         0 Apr 16 23:02 btmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root             root      4096 Apr 20 12:38 cups
drwxr-xr-x 2 root             root      4096 Apr 12 06:33 dist-upgrade
-rw-r----- 1 root             adm      51832 Apr 20 14:19 dmesg
-rw-r----- 1 root             adm      51914 Apr 20 14:15 dmesg.0
-rw-r----- 1 root             adm      14618 Apr 20 14:11 dmesg.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root             adm      14605 Apr 20 14:02 dmesg.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root             adm      14623 Apr 20 13:47 dmesg.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root             adm      14610 Apr 20 13:17 dmesg.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root    516026 Apr 20 12:46 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root     32032 Apr 20 12:45 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root      1259 Apr 20 12:42 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root             root      4096 Apr 20 12:26 fsck
drwxr-xr-x 3 root             root      4096 Apr 20 12:34 installer
-rw-r----- 1 syslog           adm     612031 Apr 20 14:20 kern.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 landscape        root      4096 Apr 20 12:34 landscape
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root             utmp    292292 Apr 20 14:27 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp              ntp       4096 Oct  9  2013 ntpstats
drwxr-xr-x 3 root             root      4096 Apr 20 14:48 samba
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeezeboxserver nogroup   4096 Apr 20 12:45 squeezeboxserver
-rw-r----- 1 syslog           adm     687760 Apr 20 15:02 syslog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root             root    247920 Apr 20 14:19 udev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root             root      4096 Apr 20 12:50 unattended-upgrades
drwxr-xr-x 2 root             root      4096 Apr 20 13:18 upstart
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root             utmp     52992 Apr 20 14:27 wtmp

** Affects: screen (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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