[Sussex] Twisted Firestarter

[Rupert Swarbrick]

>On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 12:10:47AM +0100, Gavin Stevens wrote:
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>>"Failed to run /usr/sbin/firestarter as user root: Child terminated
>>with 1 status."Any thoughts?
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>Some.  How are you trying to invoke firestarter?  Is it as user root, or
>via sudo, or su?  Remember that with su (and hence trying to run a
>graphical program) it's better [1] to use: su -m, so that your
>X-credentials are not modified in the inherited environment, allowing
>root to start the program.
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>
Also, don't forget that if you are using sudo (which I seem to remember
gives that error exactly), you need to enter _your_ password, not root's.
It really confused me when I started with ubuntu, having always used
just 'su' before.

Rupert
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