Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:59:52 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: starting X as non-root Message-ID: <20020621205952.GA10684@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020621202821.38789.qmail@web10101.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020621202821.38789.qmail@web10101.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:28:16 -0700 (PDT)
> From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
> Subject: starting X as non-root
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>
> Hey all, I've run into this before and found a
> solution but would like to try another way....
>
> I have configured X and can run it as root, but if I'm
> a different user (in wheel even) I can't. I'll paste
> my XFree86.0.log at the end. I'm sure this is normal
> since the error says X has to be suid root. However I
> don't know how to set this up manually and would like
> to know. Previously I have solved this by simply
> going through the install process again and making
> sure I configure X during the initial install instead
> of a post-configure.
>
> So my question is, how do I configure this? I will
> gladly RTFM if someone has one.
# (cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper && make install clean)
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