Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 15:49:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gary L. Jackson" <garyj@wam.umd.edu> To: Elisabeth <beth_arnold@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, root@radiant-resources.com, beth@alpha.gte.net Subject: Re: 2 X questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970802154058.11529A-100000@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <33E38265.41C67EA6@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Elisabeth wrote: > Thank you for helping me get X running. I have 2 questions that seem > (hopefully) pretty simple to answer: > > 1.) How do I start more than 2 Xterm windows? The most straightforward way is to do an 'xterm&' from a shell prompt in another xterm. There are lots of other ways to do it. > 2.) How do I start Xwindows without logging in as root? You should be able to start it with /usr/X11R6/bin/startx without having to do anything special. If not, something is probably misconfigured. > An unrelated question that just came up. How do I set permission for a > administrotor (non-superuser) to su to root? Add the user to the wheel group in /etc/group. -- Gary
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