Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
Vox wrote: "xhost +localhost" as the user that runs X, then "export DISPLAY=:0" as root in the terminal where you su'ed will get you going. (that second part is what was missing in the original answer) Yes, that works. But the oddest thing is that having done that once suing to root and command line kediting or invoking the File Mangaer (Super User) menu option now always works on the user's :0 display without having to do the above. Even after relogging in. Even after totally rebooting. So what are we chasing here??? -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
Ron Stodden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today's 7.2 beta has the following show-stopper problem: Log in as a user. Open a terminal window su to root kedit /etc/modules.conf You CANNOT! X refuses to let user root use display :0. All previous Mandrakes permitted su root full access to the machine and all its functions. Without this capability the ability to su becomes near useless. What type of installation hve you done ? I have just tried a small install and this work justs fine. This should be handled by the pam_xauth module which must be present in /etc/pam.d/su. -- Fred - May the source be with you
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
Frederic Lepied wrote: What type of installation hve you done ? I have just tried a small install and this work justs fine. This should be handled by the pam_xauth module which must be present in /etc/pam.d/su. english (UK) - US international keyboard - medium_security - hd optimisations - 128KB - no supermount - no numlock - customized - install - development - all packages. But the problem has gone away now - see my earlier message. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Ron Stodden wrote: Today's 7.2 beta has the following show-stopper problem: Log in as a user. Open a terminal window su to root kedit /etc/modules.conf You CANNOT! X refuses to let user root use display :0. All previous Mandrakes permitted su root full access to the machine and all its functions. Without this capability the ability to su becomes near useless. IMO, very serious! The same situation occurs if you: K Applications File Tools File Manager (super user mode) Bring up /etc Try to edit modules.conf --- silence --- Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 Solves your problem I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) -- Bryan Paxton Public key can be found at http://speedbros.org/bryan.paxton.asc
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
Bryan Paxton wrote: Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 Solves your problem I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) What an awful way to respond! Do you not realise we are performing beta testing on a product for world-wide distribution? I stand by my claim - not a user error, a showstopper (which your 'fix' does not fix, BTW). -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote: Bryan Paxton wrote: Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 Solves your problem I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) What an awful way to respond! Do you not realise we are performing beta testing on a product for world-wide distribution? I stand by my claim - not a user error, a showstopper (which your 'fix' does not fix, BTW). P.S.: try xhost +localhost -- Bryan Paxton Public key can be found at http://speedbros.org/bryan.paxton.asc
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
During the bombing raid of Fri, 06 Oct 2000 14:45:55 +1100, somebody heard Ron Stodden mumble in fear: Bryan Paxton wrote: Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 Solves your problem I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) What an awful way to respond! Do you not realise we are performing beta testing on a product for world-wide distribution? Yes, and if you read bugtraq or securityportal or similar sites, you'll notice that the fact that you could do that in previous versions of Mandrake was conscidered a *BUG* because only the user that starts an X session should have access to it unless he *specifically* decides otherwise. I'm glad mandrake fixed this *security hole* I stand by my claim - not a user error, a showstopper (which your 'fix' does not fix, BTW). "xhost +localhost" as the user that runs X, then "export DISPLAY=:0" as root in the terminal where you su'ed will get you going. (that second part is what was missing in the original answer) Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger... For info about safety in BDSM, visit Vox's Info Center at http://www.the-vox.com/ Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." -- George Burns
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
Yo, On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 02:45:55PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: Bryan Paxton wrote: Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 Solves your problem I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) What an awful way to respond! Do you not realise we are performing beta testing on a product for world-wide distribution? I stand by my claim - not a user error, a showstopper (which your 'fix' does not fix, BTW). I think this is handled by msec now. Not a "bug" but a feature, you should have read the changelog for xinitrc package. :-) -- Regards, Ron. [AU] -- Geoffrey Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] §õªø· ~/.signature ¤¤¤åbig5 compliant. http://devel.mandrakesoft.com/~snailtalk ftp://devel.mandrakesoft.com/pub/people/snailtalk "7 days of honeymoon makes one whole week."
Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, you wrote: Yo, On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 02:45:55PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: Bryan Paxton wrote: Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 Solves your problem I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) What an awful way to respond! Do you not realise we are performing beta testing on a product for world-wide distribution? I stand by my claim - not a user error, a showstopper (which your 'fix' does not fix, BTW). I think this is handled by msec now. Not a "bug" but a feature, you should have read the changelog for xinitrc package. yes this was intended to be handled by msec since 7.1, though somewhere it got fubar : p -- Bryan Paxton Public key can be found at http://speedbros.org/bryan.paxton.asc
