Re: How to give non-root user the right to start X

2001-07-19 Thread David J. Roundy
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:17:13PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: > In /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config (if one exists), you want the first line to > say: > allowed_users=console Thanks! I had the same problem (I just used kdm to get around it), but this fixed it. :) -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/

Re: How to give non-root user the right to start X

2001-07-19 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 04:17:51AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ari Pollak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config (if one exists), you want the first line to > > say: > > allowed_users=console > > > What should one do if it doesn't exists?

Re: How to give non-root user the right to start X

2001-07-19 Thread hzi
[This is an email copy of a Usenet posting to "linux.debian.user"] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ari Pollak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config (if one exists), you want the first line to > say: > allowed_users=console > What should one do if it doesn't exists? Regards, he

Re: How to give non-root user the right to start X

2001-07-18 Thread Greg Wiley
On Wednesday, July 18, 2001 1:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have Debian 1.2. root can start X and other users can't. > How to give non-root user the right to start X? I don't think anything prevents a normal user from running 'startx'. Just to test, I just now shut down kdm on a Debian box

Re: How to give non-root user the right to start X

2001-07-18 Thread Ari Pollak
In /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config (if one exists), you want the first line to say: allowed_users=console -- ___ ___ / _ | / _ \ Ari Pollak - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.aripollak.com / __ |/ ___/ /_/ |_/_/ Knowing Murphy's Law won't help either.