Re: can't run X as user
Am 2004-01-02 16:44:53, schrieb Brian Stults: Hello, Hello, Please can you correct your stupid Time ??? hardin:/usr/X11R6/bin# cat /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config allowed_users=console nice_value=-10 What about 'allowed_users=anybody' ??? I can't think of anything else to mention. Any suggestions? Thanks. Greetings Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't run X as user
Am 2004-01-02 16:44:53, schrieb Brian Stults: Hello, Hello, Please can you correct your stupid Time ??? hardin:/usr/X11R6/bin# cat /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config allowed_users=console nice_value=-10 What about 'allowed_users=anybody' ??? I can't think of anything else to mention. Any suggestions? Thanks. Greetings Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
Re: can't run X as user
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:59:57AM +, Brian Stults wrote: Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root [...] -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does 'mount' say? Yes, removing the options user,exec from fstab did it. Thanks so much! Oh, wow, I'd never have thought of that. Thanks, Colin! -- G. Branden Robinson| Intellectual property is neither Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual nor property. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Discuss. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Linda Richman pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: can't run X as user
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:59:57AM +, Brian Stults wrote: Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root [...] -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does 'mount' say? Yes, removing the options user,exec from fstab did it. Thanks so much! Oh, wow, I'd never have thought of that. Thanks, Colin! -- G. Branden Robinson| Intellectual property is neither Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual nor property. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Discuss. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Linda Richman pgpXAGWG20tSr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: can't run X as user
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: I posted this message twice to debian-user, and searched all over the internet. Having not found an answer yet, I am reluctantly posting the question here. Sorry to bother, but I am at a dead end. I know I've seen this before, but I cannot find the solution anywhere. I recently re-installed sid to an empty partition. I can run X as root just fine. But when I try to run it as a user, I get the following errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root [...] -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does 'mount' say? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't run X as user
Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: I posted this message twice to debian-user, and searched all over the internet. Having not found an answer yet, I am reluctantly posting the question here. Sorry to bother, but I am at a dead end. I know I've seen this before, but I cannot find the solution anywhere. I recently re-installed sid to an empty partition. I can run X as root just fine. But when I try to run it as a user, I get the following errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root [...] -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does 'mount' say? Yes, removing the options user,exec from fstab did it. Thanks so much! -- Brian J. Stults Assistant Professor Center for Studies in Criminology and Law University of Florida phone: (352) 392-1025 x207fax: (352) 392-5065 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't run X as user
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: I posted this message twice to debian-user, and searched all over the internet. Having not found an answer yet, I am reluctantly posting the question here. Sorry to bother, but I am at a dead end. I know I've seen this before, but I cannot find the solution anywhere. I recently re-installed sid to an empty partition. I can run X as root just fine. But when I try to run it as a user, I get the following errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root [...] -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does 'mount' say? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't run X as user
Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: I posted this message twice to debian-user, and searched all over the internet. Having not found an answer yet, I am reluctantly posting the question here. Sorry to bother, but I am at a dead end. I know I've seen this before, but I cannot find the solution anywhere. I recently re-installed sid to an empty partition. I can run X as root just fine. But when I try to run it as a user, I get the following errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root [...] -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X -rwsr-sr-x1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does 'mount' say? Yes, removing the options user,exec from fstab did it. Thanks so much! -- Brian J. Stults Assistant Professor Center for Studies in Criminology and Law University of Florida phone: (352) 392-1025 x207fax: (352) 392-5065