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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6791 ; Fri, 15 Jan 93 10:33:54 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9968 comp.windows.x.i386unix:274 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!serini From: serini@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Piero Serini) Subject: Re: xfree86 only works for root? References: <MfIsYa600WBMM8XVtb@andrew.cmu.edu> Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 13:52:45 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan15.135245.3885@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> Lines: 16 aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alex R.N. Wetmore) writes: >I have gotten xfree86 to work on my machine (640x480x2 only, but its >better than nothing). Anyway, it will only work if I am logged in as >root. Without running as root the server comes up and then gives this >message: > "xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied" >The permissions on xterm are: > -rwxr-xr-x 1 19593 565248 Oct 1 00:57 xterm* xterm must be setuid root on execution ( root bit s ) as tries and write in wtmp. Cheers Piero