From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 1 20:26:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA27484 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Jun 1996 20:26:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.interlog.com (www.interlog.com [198.53.145.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA27475 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 1996 20:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gold.interlog.com (root@gold.interlog.com [198.53.145.2]) by www.interlog.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA20470 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 1996 23:26:00 -0400 Received: from SuperTower ([142.77.242.170]) by gold.interlog.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id XAA18803 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 1996 23:25:57 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 23:25:57 -0400 Message-Id: <199606020325.XAA18803@gold.interlog.com> X-Sender: sahmad@mail.interlog.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: questions@freebsd.org From: sahmad@interlog.com (Shazad Ahmad) Subject: FreeBSD question Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear Support, I am having some difficulty with FreeBSD 2.10 in that whenever I log in as root, I cannot run X-windows via the startx command. The error I get is 'command not found'. However, when I log in as any other user and type startx it works. I have tried going to the directory containing the startx file/command but it doesnt work as long as I'm longed in as root. A few other commands also fail to work when I login as root. This is despite the fact that the files have rwx permissions for all users. Please let me know if this is a known problem or some type of configuration issue, etc. BTW: I'm fairly computer literate and I'm willing to go to some FAQ or other source for help that deals with this situation. Thanks. Shazad Ahmad ================================================================= "I've heard the Truth. Now I want answers." visit me in cyberspace at:: http://www.interlog.com/~sahmad/home.html =================================================================