Hi,
I am trying to run a graphical interface under X Windows without a window manager. This needs to run without the need to log in, and I would like to run it as a non-root user for security. I have been having trouble running X as a non root user and get the following error.
PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
I have found two ways of getting rid of this..
Firstly, if I login to the console (text login) as a normal user, then I can ssh in and run X as the same user. (ssh'ing in without having logged in locally produces the above error)
Secondly, I can run it (isecurely) as root.
Is there any way of setting the permissions on "console ownership"??
Thanx
GC
EOM
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