Re: afterstep

[W Paul Mills <wpmills@sound.net>]

I believe that /usr/X11R6/bin/X needs to be suid root.

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote:

> hi, i am having some trouble (with permissions?) starting up afterstep.
> if i start it as root, there are no problems.  
> if i start as a normal user, i get this:
> 
> velcro# cat /home/brad/.xsession-errors
> sh: /tmp/steprcXXXXX: Permission denied
> Cannot open m4-processed config file
> : No such file or directory
> xterm:  fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
> 
> the /tmp/ thing is what throws me off.  /tmp is empty before and after i
> try to start afterstep.
> my system is basically 1.3.0
> 
> can anyone advise me on what to look for?
> 
> -brad
> 
> maximill@u.washington.edu - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill
> 
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