Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 21:00:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> Cc: George.Giles@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xserver won't start Message-ID: <20010221210050.G66731@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0102212053420.90228-100000@acs-24-154-27-53.zoominternet.net>; from dmmiller@cvzoom.net on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 08:57:22PM -0500 References: <20010221194958.A41180@telocity.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0102212053420.90228-100000@acs-24-154-27-53.zoominternet.net>
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--7lMq7vMTJT4tNk0a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 08:57:22PM -0500, Donn Miller wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:23:07PM -0600, George.Giles@mcmail.vanderbilt.= edu wrote: > > > My X server was running just fine before I updated from 4.2 release t= o 4.2 > > > stable. > > > > > > Where should I look ? >=20 > Check the permissions on /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86. Maybe you need the suid > bit set? >=20 > -rws--x--x 1 root wheel 1810212 Feb 21 19:26 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > ^ >=20 > If you don't, just do chmod 4711 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86. Don't do this; install the Xwrapper port instead -- the setuid bit was removed from the XFree86 in favour of the Xwrapper port for a reason (improved security). Kris --7lMq7vMTJT4tNk0a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6lJ0CWry0BWjoQKURAuxmAJ4lOX0HISCOjhdS6/WCCx/J0vP2rQCg4Nf/ RUwNe79XlfOUJEpbbSio1Jc= =3Urt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7lMq7vMTJT4tNk0a-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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