> You don't "have" to run the server as root, if I'm reading the FAQ
> correctly:
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q23
> I don't have any experience on Solaris to back this up, though.
It helped ... thanks ... I'm one step ahead ...
it's running the proper window manager however
> > 2. vncviewer starts the window as root instead of my uid.
> > (I'm starting the vncserver as root)
> >
> > Any help in fixing this is really appreciated.
>
> Doesn't this make sense? If you run the server as root, everything under it
> will be run as root. If you run the service as a