Re: [mu startx] only root can start x.

From: Richard.Kirkcaldy@IC24.net
Date: Wed May 09 2001 - 21:08:29 CEST


Hi,
        chmod +s /usr/X11/bin/startx should do it as root shouldn't it? I
use RedHat most of the time now, and I don't remember having problems
starting x, so you'll have to check the exact path to startx. The
ownership of startx here is:-

[richard@kirkcaldy richard]$ ls -al /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.4k Sep 24 1999
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx

-- 
Richard Kirkcaldy, richard.kirkcaldy@ic24.net
Ad astra per aspera.
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Joshua Hudson wrote:
> Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 08:56:46 -0700
> From: Joshua Hudson <joshudson@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
> To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
> Subject: [mu startx]  only root can start x.
> 
> About two weeks ago, the question going around was how to permit other users 
> to start X-Windows without becoming root.
> 
> I believe the trick is to modify startx so that the X server is started as 
> root (sudo?) and X window manager is started as the user. Can't get X up on 
> my system to verify (possibly my bizarre hardware).  Hope this helps.
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