Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:04:02 -0400 From: Otter <otter@otter.cc> To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: heads up on adduser and X Message-ID: <38E75352.D1FB719C@otter.cc> References: <200004020252.SAA16148@tera.com>
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Gary Kline wrote: > > Awhile ago I asked this list for any insight about why I couldn't bring > up X on some ~test accounts that I set up weeks ago. No response so > I rolled up my sleeves and here is what I discovered. > > Be careful about choosing options when you use the adduser script. > Rather than simply choose the defaults, I chose <user> and the group > ``wheel'' which caused permission problem with xdm or startx. When > I modified the passwd and group files to <user>:<user> X was much > happier. > > Hope this saves a few others some head-scratching... ! > > gary kline I'm in the system as a member of "wheel" group and I have never had problems with permissions of xdm or startx. I've never had those problems with a 2.2.x or any 3.x release. I'm running 5.0 now... still running smoothly. Do you have XF86 4 installed? I'm still on 3.3.6. I'm curious to hear why this is a problem for you. -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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