Startx and permissions

[spiridion]

ok. after a couple of beers and some searching on google i cannot find how to allow lower level users(nonroot) permission to startx. i'm using mandrake 9.0 all help is appreciated..

 

[topaz22]

Your search may not have turned out futile because a stock install of mandrake allows nonroot users to run startx. what happens when you run it? permission denied, or does it start up, flicker, and come right back to the console?

 

[cleverhandle]

There could probably be a number of issues here, but to start with /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 has to be suid root, which it might not be if the installation defaults to a graphical login. Mine is rws--x--x, so

chmod 4711 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86

should do it. If that's not enough, give some more details about what error messages you're getting and/or snippets from the X log.

 

[Grminalac]

I think in mandrake control center, security, you lower the security level...

that should work...

 

[spiridion]

sorry it took so long to answer questions:

default mandrake 9.0 install.

nonroot user login i get xinit to start loading(creating) files in my home directory and then it gives me the permission denied error message. i am at work now so i don't have the exact wording. there is no screen flicker for kde.

i will chmod for the folder and see if that solves it.

i should mention during the install of mandrake i upped the security to high instead of default. not sure if that would have locked the machine down more than a normal default install.

i also looked in the mandrake control center at the only other user and i am not in any of the groups. i'm not sure which one to give access to. thanks for all the replies and help

chris

 

[Bremen]

use 'startx', not 'xinit'