Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 12:38:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com> To: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca> Subject: Re: Making X go right away Message-ID: <199709131938.MAA10120@foo.primenet.com> References: <199709131312.KAA06001@dragon.acadiau.ca> <341AC9A0.15FB7483@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >Michael Richards wrote: >> >> Does anyone know how to make X fire up right away? I remember I just changed >> something in inittab for linux, but FreeBSD seems to be a little different >> :) >> >You just need to put "startx" or "xinit" in a startup script in >/usr/local/etc/rc.d in 3.0, or perhaps in /etc/rc.local in earlier >versions. Hm... I've never tried this, but it seems like this would start your X server as a root user. Does startx/xinit know enough to start xdm ? >There is also a trick you can play that will log you in automatically >and start up your desktop. Instead of the above, try >putting a file in your home directory called 'xstart' or whatever >with only the line 'xinit &' in it. Then in your startup script do: >su username < /usr/home/<user>/xstart & >Be *sure* to make these scripts 700 or 744 . Hm. This does sound like you're starting your X server as root, which seems a more insecure than need be, under the principle of least privelige. You can also start xdm in your rc.local, which will provide an X-based login screen. When you log in, all of the x clients will run as the user logged in. -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/
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