Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:15:54 +0200 From: Thomas Spreng <spreng@insomniac.ch> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/X11R6/bin/Xfree86 permissions ? Message-ID: <20020823121554.A68179@rock.stable.ch> In-Reply-To: <20020823094116.GA93478@myname.my.domain>; from asimic@dsl.pipex.com on Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:41:16AM %2B0100 References: <20020823094116.GA93478@myname.my.domain>
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On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:41:16AM +0100, Aleksandar Simic wrote: > > Hello, > > after upgrading my ports collection using portupgrade(1) I couldn't start > X. I got the following error: > > "xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root" > > So I changed the permission of /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 from > > -rwxr-xr-x to -rwsr-xr-x, and then I could startx(1). > > The server in questions is XFree86-Server-4.2.0_5. > > I was wondering why wasn't suid bit set by default ? And did anybody > else get this same error ? > > Thanks, > > --Alex > > Hello Alex, you'll need the x11/wrapper package in order to run the xserver without the setuid flag. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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