From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 15 21:53: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kraeusen.nbrewer.com (unknown [208.42.68.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DEC37B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:52:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by kraeusen.nbrewer.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0E4881743E; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:52:47 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:52:46 -0600 From: Christopher Farley To: Dima Dorfman Cc: lanehol@bellsouth.net, newbie@xfree86.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unable to run xWindows unless I am root Message-ID: <20010115235246.B31403@northernbrewer.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Farley , Dima Dorfman , lanehol@bellsouth.net, newbie@xfree86.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <006501c07f52$dcf28120$63951442@windows.home> <20010116052544.676553E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010116052544.676553E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:25:39PM -0800 Organization: Northern Brewer, St. Paul, MN Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dima Dorfman (dima@unixfreak.org) wrote: > > Fatal server error: > > 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. > > Have you actually read the message? The answer is right there! Use > xwrapper or xdm. X must be run with root privileges, and both of > those will arrange for that in a nice, safe way (theoretically, of > course). The message is not super clear, of course :) The first time I installed XFree86 from the ports, I was dogged by the lack of an [Xx]wrapper directory in the ports hierarchy. It's in /usr/ports/x11/wrapper. -- Christopher Farley Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message