From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 12 16:45:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09028 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:45:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08992 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01370; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:15:27 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA06061; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:15:26 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980313111526.26369@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:15:26 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Doug White , "Anthony E. Coley" Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: xinit with non root login? References: <350774FA.387EEE59@sohopros.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 02:21:22PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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