Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 03:20:28 -0400 From: Greg Johnson <gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 on alpha Message-ID: <19991011032028.A24463@physics.clarku.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111111290.11754-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 11:13:54AM %2B0000 References: <19991010232502.A17654@physics.clarku.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111111290.11754-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 11:13:54AM +0000, Jason C. Wells wrote: > 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. That's what I would think, but I get this message even if I run it as root. Thanks, Greg -- Greg Johnson gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu http://physics.clarku.edu/~gjohnson finger for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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