Re: XServer / startx

[Brian <eith cs wisc edu>]

Cd to  /usr/X11R6/bin and do a ls -l XF86*.  Do you see something like
this: 

-rws--x--x   1 root     root      1636364 Jun  3  1997 XF86_Mach32
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      1751204 Jun  3  1997 XF86_Mach64
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      1512312 Jun  3  1997 XF86_Mach8
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      1759808 Jun  3  1997 XF86_Mono
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      1693012 Jun  3  1997 XF86_P9000
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      2143204 Jun  3  1997 XF86_S3
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      1890512 Jun  3  1997 XF86_S3V
-rws--x--x   1 root     root      2499156 Jun  3  1997 XF86_SVGA

Notice that the suid bit is set for all of them.  This is a security risk,
so version 3.3 no longer has the suid bits set, and I believe 5.0 comes
with this newer version.  Quit possibly when they tried to fix that hole,
they introduced a bug.  If you do not have the suid bit set, try setting
it temporarily for the server you are using and see what happens.  

Just a thought.


> You know I had this problem too... I just upgraded to KDE.  But I don't
> know why 
> it happens.
> js
> 
> Brian Fernald wrote:
> > 
> > We have upgraded two machines to Redhat 5.0 and now are having problems
> > running fvwm.  As root, it starts up no problem. As a user it freezes with
> > at the grey/black/white gridded background. If I hit   crtl-alt-backspace it
> > drops out to a prompt. At that point there is an error :
> > 
> > rm /tmp/fvwmrca08683     Operation Not Permitted
> > 
> > I checked /tmp .. and the file is owned and grouped under root.    Anyone
> > have any ideas?  Again, it works fine as root, but not as anyone else.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Brian Fernald
> > fernald nsi edu
> 

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