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Hi all! Reading about security issues I came to a conclusion that it is not safe to work with the root account. So, I added another personal account with the ...
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- 02-08-2004 #1Linux Newbie
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How to run X windows as a non root user ??
Hi all! Reading about security issues I came to a conclusion that it is not safe to work with the root account. So, I added another personal account with the comand: useradd user1. Then: passwd user1 somepassword. OK. I login with my new account and try to start X - but it can't. It doesn't have the access to the HOME directory. I switch back to root and chmod a+rwx the home folder but the message is still the same. Any ideas ?
- 02-08-2004 #2Linux Guru
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Check and see if there is a /home/newuser and see what the permissions are on that directory.
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- 02-09-2004 #3Linux Newbie
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Hi ! Thanks for helping. I deleted the new user and downloaded Webmin. It is a great program and i recommend it to everyone. With it I easily created a new account and condigured the permissions so I can now run X smoothly.
Have a nice day !
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