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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X-Windows problem.... Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:23:21 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 20 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <24565d74.u9t27e.aae6e@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <1156A1184D2999AA.EDC5F27480044390.DB803BCB8672F536@library-proxy.airnews.net> (from scottl@athome.my.house (Scott Long)) (at 26 Apr 1997 17:31:35 GMT) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39820 Hi Scott, on Apr 26 you wrote: > In article <F3AC675112623124.1CBD6ED4DE25A34C.4DEFE78C0D10CE76@librar= y-proxy.airnews.net>, > jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) writes: > > If I remember correctly, XDM requires the userid/passwd of the user= =20whi=3D > > ch > > started it, from the system console where XDM was initiated, despit= e th=3D > > e > > generic logon screen. I had to log on AS root, and ONLY as root. Th= en I >=20 > No, this is not true. I log on as a user every day. When I was testing XDM, the only user I could log on with was root. Per= haps that was specific only to my system, in which case - I stand corrected.