XFree86 hates non root users!!! plz help!!!

[stealth215 at mediaone.net (David Loszewski)]

I did the 'chmod u+s XFree86' command and it worked!!!!!!!!! I can now 
run X as a different user otherthan root!!! You guys kick ass, amazing 
to find some people who really seem to know what they're talking bout. 
 Hopefully you'll start seeing more of me here answering questions 
instead of asking them.

Thanks again,
Dave

mike ledoux wrote:

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>On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 11:58:54PM -0500, David Loszewski wrote:
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>>X does point to XFree86, and what you mean it wasn't installed suid 
>>root? I installed it as root and when I do ls -l to X I get this:
>>
>>sickness# ls -l X
>>lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  7 Dec  5 00:53 X -> XFree86
>>
>>wouldn't that mean that it is installed as root? If not how can I fix it 
>>so it is installed as suid root or how would I create the link from X to 
>>Xwrapper?
>>
>
>All that means is that you aren't currently using Xwrapper at all.
>If 'ls -l XFree86' doesn't output something like:
>
>mwl at voyager:/usr/X11R6/bin>ls -l XFree86 
>- -rws--x--x    1 root     root      1736495 Jun  5  2001 XFree86*
>   ^
>    \___ the 's' is the important piece here.
>
>indicating that the XFree86 binary is suid root (meaning that it can
>execute as root  even when run by a non-root user), then there are two
>easy options you have to fix this problem:
>
>1) make XFree86 suid root with a command like 'chmod u+s XFree86'; or
>
>2) use Xwrapper instead, by making 'X' a symlink to it: 'ln -sf Xwrapper X'.
>
>Either option should work.  I won't discuss the relative merits of each
>solution, as they don't really matter in most environments.
>
>HTH,
>
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