XFree86 hates non root users!!! plz help!!!

[stealth215 at mediaone.net (David Loszewski)]

yea, I dont' get the s, this is what I get:

sickness# ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1761648 Dec  5 00:53 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86

when I do the 'chmod u+s XFree86' should I do that in the console? Not 
running X at the time when I do this? or can I be running X Windows when 
doing that?

Dave
 
mike ledoux wrote:

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>On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 11:58:54PM -0500, David Loszewski wrote:
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>>X does point to XFree86, and what you mean it wasn't installed suid 
>>root? I installed it as root and when I do ls -l to X I get this:
>>
>>sickness# ls -l X
>>lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  7 Dec  5 00:53 X -> XFree86
>>
>>wouldn't that mean that it is installed as root? If not how can I fix it 
>>so it is installed as suid root or how would I create the link from X to 
>>Xwrapper?
>>
>
>All that means is that you aren't currently using Xwrapper at all.
>If 'ls -l XFree86' doesn't output something like:
>
>mwl at voyager:/usr/X11R6/bin>ls -l XFree86 
>- -rws--x--x    1 root     root      1736495 Jun  5  2001 XFree86*
>   ^
>    \___ the 's' is the important piece here.
>
>indicating that the XFree86 binary is suid root (meaning that it can
>execute as root  even when run by a non-root user), then there are two
>easy options you have to fix this problem:
>
>1) make XFree86 suid root with a command like 'chmod u+s XFree86'; or
>
>2) use Xwrapper instead, by making 'X' a symlink to it: 'ln -sf Xwrapper X'.
>
>Either option should work.  I won't discuss the relative merits of each
>solution, as they don't really matter in most environments.
>
>HTH,
>
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