Re: tlug: Xwrapper

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Craig Oda wrote:

> Hi, I recently did an upgrade to TurboLinux1.4J and am getting
> an error message about root access to the X server when I attempt
> to start X as a standard user.
> 
> The error message is shown below.   Is Xwrapper something new
> or has it always been a part of X?  
> 
> Also, I noticed a nice configuration utility at Scott's office.
> Jonathan also mentioned it.  What is this utility called?  
> 

It's a feature, not a bug :) - XFree86 3.3.2 doesn't want you to run the
servers setuid root, so it says that instead.  Unfortunately I can't find
'Xwrapper' anywhere, so I'm recommending that people either use xdm or
make your X server 4755.  xdm is probably the better of the two ways to
go.

Chris - where is Xwrapper supposed to be?   ie, does it get built with
XFree86 3.3.2 and I forgot to include it in the RPM, or is it something
separate?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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