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Re: Can't give non-root X access



On 19/1/2000 Guyren G Howe wrote:


How do I give access to X from anything other than root? I get an error that
the user is not allowed to run X.

I realise that this probably involves xauth. But the explanations I can find
about how it works might as well be in Greek. They all talk about the name
of the host, for example. Why should I need this when I want to just be able
to create a non-root login on the same computer?

Can someone explain for me, step-by-step, how I let my non-root login use X?

nope /etc/X11/Xserver first line is the path to your selected X server, the second is who is permitted to run it, options being RootOnly, Console (local ttys NOT ptys) and AnyBody (remote, local anyone with a shell)

Ethan


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