There is no reason why keeptty cannot be used without root-rights.
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Peter Hutterer <[email protected]>
---
hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c
b/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c
index 46438e6..9ccf261 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ xf86OpenConsole(void)
const char *vcs[] = { "/dev/vc/%d", "/dev/tty%d", NULL };
if (serverGeneration == 1) {
-
- /* when KeepTty check if we're run with euid==0 */
- if (KeepTty && geteuid() != 0)
- FatalError("xf86OpenConsole:"
- " Server must be suid root for option \"KeepTTY\"\n");
-
/*
* setup the virtual terminal manager
*/
--
1.8.5.3
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