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- From: rohrer@fncrda.fnal.gov (Keith Rohrer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Problems with X as non-root
- Keywords: X tty
- Message-ID: <2104@fnnews.fnal.gov>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 16:16:55 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.234613.4757@cs.tulane.edu> <1992Jul22.150309.18573@crd.ge.com>
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- Have you tried chmod go+whatever /dev/tty0? Or is /dev/tty0 a link?
- One thought is that if the way it's set up is as a link to /dev/ttysomeodd,
- where the user attempting to start X is not logged in on that device,
- the tty to which tty0 is linked is owned by the user logged in on it
- (or root, if there is no such user) and therefore probably not
- writable by the user trying to start X...
-
- Keith
- (rohrer@fncrd0.fnal.gov)
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