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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
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	     (from scottl@athome.my.house (Scott Long))
	     (at 26 Apr 1997 17:31:35 GMT)
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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.