From: zevans@nyx.cs.du.edu (Zack Evans) Subject: Re: Can't use X other than login as root Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 20:34:55 GMT
In article <1993Aug21.050017.1326@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>,
lau chi ngan <cnlau1@ie.cuhk.hk> wrote:
>I've installed X windows and can successfully use Openwin when login as
>root but not others. What have I missed?
A big giveaway, which is...
>Fatal server error:
>Server must be suid root
This means, um, well, it means that the server must be suid root :) If you
don't know what that means, email me and I'll explain it, but for now here's
the fix:
chmod 4755 /usr/X386/bin/<whatever the 1.2 colour server is called>
Zack