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| From: | Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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| To: | Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o> |
| Subject: | [gentoo-user] Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag |
| Date: | Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:30:18 |
| Message-Id: | 20121231062817.GA2646@waltdnes.org |
| 1 | I ran an update on my netbook today, and couldn't fire up X. I |
| 2 | checked out Google on my desktop, and found the website |
| 3 | http://en.spontex.org/forum/thread/561/1/ which described the exact |
| 4 | problem, and more importantly, the solution. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | * Up til now X has been installed suid by default. This is what allows |
| 7 | regular users to start X with startx <G>. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog USE="suid" |
| 10 | has been enabled as of December 20, 2012. If you do not enable it, |
| 11 | you will not be able to run startx as a regular user. xdm and other |
| 12 | X login managers will still work. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | -- |
| 15 | Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
| 16 | I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag | Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> |
| [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag | Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
| [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag | Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag | covici@××××××××××.com |