On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 04:13, gregory mott wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: > > On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: > > > how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a > > > virtual terminal? (rh7.3) > > > > > > root can do it like so: > > > xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 > > > > > > but if any other user tries, she gets: > > > Fatal server error: > > > PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server. > > > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? > > > > startx -- :1 > > Works here. > > ah, now i see. > root, OR the user already logged in, can do that. > OTHER users CAN'T. > > and funny enough, it's ANOTHER user i WANT to do it for. > > i've looked at a few things like pam_console and console.perms and my > eyes quickly go fuzzy. is any of that near the right track? > > is there a simple solution? >
I think I had this issue when wanting to start an xserver automatically. Digging around I found this change to /etc/pam.d/xserver: #auth required /lib/security/pam_console.so auth required /lib/security/pam_permit.so I wish I remember where I found this two or three years ago. pam seems incredibly flexible but as always with flexibility comes compexity and I have never taken the time to wade through the docs uninterupted to try to fully get my head around it. HTH Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
