Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:13:54 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Greg Johnson <gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X11 on alpha Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111111290.11754-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19991010232502.A17654@physics.clarku.edu>
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Greg Johnson wrote: >xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions >You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. >We strongly advise against making the server SUID root! Look at Xwrapper. This error/warning came with the latest X. You can fix it buy chmodding X to be setuid root. As the warning says, this is not advisable. I did it anyway. Thank You, | http://students.washington.edu/jcwells Jason Wells | "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither | freedom nor security." - Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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