Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 07:43:53 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@sinbad.net> To: Jesse Stevens <noodle@hypermax.net.au>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xfree86 and users problem Message-ID: <200209060743.53415.akbeech@sinbad.net> In-Reply-To: <200209061649.31796.noodle@hypermax.net.au> References: <200209061649.31796.noodle@hypermax.net.au>
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On Thursday 05 September 2002 10:49 pm, Jesse Stevens wrote:
> as im only a newbie in this area (converted from a windows weenie) - i am
> probably missing something very simple but...
>
> i can only make the x windows system (startx) run by running as root - any
> other users cannot access it - it gives an error message that only suid
> root can use the system - its very maddening and i cant seem to get any
> help from anywhere else ive found yet - and yes ive read the documentation
> over a couple of times and still cant seem to find the answer
>
> help would be fantastic right about now as i wanna customise one of my
> users - thanx
>
> Jesse
>
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Install the wrapper port. /usr/ports/x11/wrapper
Beech
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