Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:15:26 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, "Anthony E. Coley" <anthony@sohopros.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xinit with non root login? Message-ID: <19980313111526.26369@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312142112.17791I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 02:21:22PM -0800 References: <350774FA.387EEE59@sohopros.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312142112.17791I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 12 March 1998 at 14:21:22 -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Anthony E. Coley wrote: > >> I can not start my X server from a non root login. Can someone give me >> an idea where I should start looking to correct this problem? > > Check the X error messages first. Make sure your X server is setuid root: # chown root.sys /usr/X11R6/bin/X # chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/X Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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