On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:46 -0500, Todd Reed wrote:
> I?ve been looking online for resources that may help me, but I haven?t
> found anything that worked. I?m trying to run x as a non-root user.
> Any suggestions?
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> I get the messages:
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> Fatal server error:
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> PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
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> Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
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> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
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> at http://wiki.X.Org
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> for help.
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> Here is what I?ve tried:
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> 1) chmod 777 /dev/console
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>
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> 2) /etc/pam.d/xserver looks like:
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> auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
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> auth required pam_console.so
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> account required pam_permit.so
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> auth required /lib/security/pam_console.so
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> auth required /lib/security/pam_permit.so
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> account required /lib/security/pam_permit.so
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>
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That happens when you log in as root then "su" to the user you are
trying to startx with.
Just create a user with useradd. Then give him a password with passwd,
exit the console then log in with that user and run startx.
