[Malvern] Booting priveledges.

[Chris Eilbeck]

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 04:12:48PM +0000, geoff bagley wrote:
> Until a week ago I was running Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody),  and it
> served me well for ages, particularly after getting broadband and being
> able to upgrade by using apt-get.
> 
> Originally I had tried to use Gnome,  but later changed back to he more 
> familiar KDE.
> 
> Strange thing was, I always got the Gnome "Welcome" bit and then booted 
> up KDE.
> 
> It would only allow me to log in as geoff -  root was probibited.  If I
> wanted to be root, then I had to do an su in a CLI terminal ( on KDE ),
> and give he root password.
> 
> Then I upgraded to Sarge,  and very good it is too.  I have had quite a
> bit of fun trying out all the extra goodies.
> 
> However,  the booting up bit is reversed.  It will NOT let me boot up
> the X window server as geoff, I HAVE to be root, and yet worse, have to
> stay as root, and play as root.  If I give up being root, I lose the X
> window server.
> 
> That is the bit I don't like -  I should only be root when doing 
> necessary sys-admin stuff.
> 
> What is the neatest way to  gain access to the X system without having
> to become, and remain root ?  My home directory /home/geoff has no
> .Xauthority file.

How are you starting X?  Does your machine boot up and give you a
graphical login or do you need to login in and type startx?

Chris
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