Re: newbie Q1: launching Xserver as ordinary user
>> "CE" == Chris Evans <C.Evans@sghms.ac.uk> writes:
CE> a) get xwrapper or some other safe way to be able to launch an
CE> xserver as an ordinary user
CE> or, less to my liking but ... fine ... (!)
I installed hamm on a friends box some days ago and didn't have any
restrictions about this. Anyway:
$ cat /etc/X11/Xserver
/usr/bin/X11/XF86_S3
Console
The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X server.
The second line shows who is allowed to run the X server:
RootOnly
Console (anyone whose controlling tty is on the console)
Anybody
CE> b) get xdm launched properly from the init
$ cat /etc/X11/config
# This file contains configuration flags for the X Window System.
# For a description of the meanings of the flags, see
# /usr/doc/X11/README.Debian
run-xconsole
obey-nologin
allow-user-resources
allow-user-modmap
allow-user-xsession
allow-failsafe
xdm-start-server
start-xdm
use-sessreg
Ciao,
Martin
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