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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:13:54 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Greg Johnson <gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: X11 on alpha
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111111290.11754-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19991010232502.A17654@physics.clarku.edu>

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Greg Johnson wrote:

>xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions
>You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm.
>We strongly advise against making the server SUID root!

Look at Xwrapper. This error/warning came with the latest X. You can fix
it buy chmodding X to be setuid root. As the warning says, this is not
advisable. I did it anyway.

Thank You, 	| http://students.washington.edu/jcwells
Jason Wells	| "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither
		| freedom nor security." - Benjamin Franklin



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