screen Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/0' - please check

To solve the problem try running script /dev/null as the user you su to before launching screen.

script -q -c "su $USER -l -c \"screen -m -d -S $NAME $DAEMON start\"" /dev/null

More on it:

https://serverfault.com/questions/116775/sudo-as-different-user-and-running-screen/116830

This happens because you may have done a sudo su user_name and then fired the screen command.

There are 2 ways to fix this.

Login directly to "user_name" via ssh.
Take ownership of the shell by typing script /dev/null as the user user_name and then type screen

Run this command to own the shell

#script /dev/null

and try Screen

#screen -r < name of the screen >

Inspired by both endorsed answers here I added the following function to my .bashrc:

sscreen(){
    script -q -c "screen $*" /dev/null;
}

Now I just use sscreen instead of screen and never have to think about the issue again.

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