-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2011-11-12 at 15:04 -0500, James Knott wrote:
then tried to use the above to start the desktop and found I first had to become root. Why can't a user start the desktop as could be done with startx?
That is so since 11.4. Change this: /etc/permissions.local # setuid bit on Xorg is only needed if no display manager, ie startx # is used. Beware of CVE-2010-2240. # #/usr/bin/Xorg root:root 4711 - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6+2tMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VU0ACggsK6QVnACYS7EKPj/AoRF8A4 3K0An16uhuSG93lvte39jv1Yyqz213zX =v35M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org