On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:34:17 -0500 "Clark Gwozdecki" <clarkgw@neosoft.com> wrote: > When I try to start xserver as a user, I get an error--"server must be > suid root". I can run it just fine as "root". You have a choice between Xwrapper and xdm. Xwrapper is a little pgm that's setuid root and can start the X server for ordinary users. xdm is a graphical version of login. Find the line in /etc/ttys that starts xdm and change the "off" to "on", then (as root) "kill -1 1" (SIGHUP to init to get it to reread /etc/ttys). init will start xdm which will in turn start the X server, all with root privileges. xdm will put up a dialog box asking for login and password. If you really need a text-only terminal, Ctl+Alt+F1. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html
