Re[2]: startx not for normal user?
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Hello Remco,
With reference to your great message on below,
RvtV> Hmm, after trying gdm (with partial success) and reinstalling xdm,
RvtV> the latter seems to work.. But I still don't understand why I am not
RvtV> allowed to run startx. I noticed /etc/X11/Xserver reads Console,
RvtV> which seems to imply anybody on the console is allowed to run X.
RvtV> I am sorry about replying to my own post..
Please check that your X is chmod'ed to rwsrwsr-x
:-)
regards,
evil
RvtV> On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 18:04, Remco van 't Veer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just installed Debian on a fresh workstation but only root can open
>> a X session. First I tried startx using a normal user but it
>> complains:
>>
>> xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions.
>> You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm.
>> We strongly advice against make the server SUID!
>>
>> I am unable to find Xwrapper and xdm doesn't let me login. Xdm
>> restarts immediately after I type my password. The logfile xdm.log
>> reads:
>>
>> AUDIT: Mon Sep 3 16:00:00 2001: 599 X: client 2 rejected from local host
>> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
>> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>> ..
>>
>> I removed the .Xauthority file, but that does not help. Does anybody
>> know how I can fix this?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Remco
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