Re: stickybit & runlevel question
Ron Graves <gravytron@speakeasy.net> writes:
> > Still, why would you want to turn it off, since we may in the future
> > take it as some kind of VM preferencing hint?
>
> I can't 'startx' as an unprivileged user. Not knowing the purpose
> of 's', and comparing permissions of my working Debian GNU/Linux
> setup lead to the question. I gather the 's' is not the problem.
> I'm not looking to get flamed. However, it seems that every other
> aspect is properly set. I think I will just stop wasting time and
> settle on the console.
I don't know why the sticky bit was set, but it doesn't impact the
ability to run the program. The only permission-related aspect of it
is that only root is allowed to set the sticky bit on files anyhow.
More helpful would be to know what the errors are that you get when
you run startx.
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