Re: starting X (as user)

From: Igor Sobrado (igor_at_no-spam.on.the.net)
Date: 10/25/04

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    Date: 25 Oct 2004 11:53:24 +0200

    Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> wrote:
    > I've installed 1.6.2 and try to start X as a user. At first I used the
    > %-shell (ksh?) and starting X as root went fine (as user it didn't
    > work). Then I changed to bash-shell and now at starting X as both root
    > and user, it tells me 'xauth: not found' and 'xinit: not found'. I find
    > the info on www.netbsd.org about X very limited. Trying to use the info
    > on www.freebsd.org doesn't improve things.

    You will need either using xdm(1) or a wrapper to start XFree86
    as a non-privileged user. Turning on the set-uid bit on the
    XFree86 binary is a (not recommended) workaround that should work.
    I agree with Joel, you should check the shell configuration files
    if binaries are not in your current PATH too.

    Cheers,
    Igor.

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