Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:21:32 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Frank J. Eigler" <frank-eigler@usa.net> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.4 - X windows starts for root only Message-ID: <200111112121.fABLLWu47758@apollo.backplane.com> References: <001901c16a34$12e7f680$0101a8c0@e1>
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:Hi,
:
:I installed 4.4 but X windows can be started for root only.
Try running 'xdm' as root, then login on the X logi nwindow as yourself.
X is not installed suid for security reasons so it cannot be run
directly from a user login.
-Matt
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