On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: > On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: > > how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a > > virtual terminal? (rh7.3) > > > > root can do it like so: > > xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 > > > > but if any other user tries, she gets: > > Fatal server error: > > PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server. > > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? > > startx -- :1 > Works here.
well, here, that works for root, but not others. what might be wrong? i have thus far completely ignored anything to do with PAM. at install anything re PAM et al was taken as defaulted. logins via gdm/kdm/ssh/sftp/getty are fine. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
