From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0690C1381FA for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:30:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31E12E0603; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD3CE031D for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:28:32 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgoKAG6Zu09MCqA5/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIJWHGwBBSYlJBMbh3MLmEehN4sIWoFAAYI/YgOIQoR8h1yFX4g6gViDB4E6 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="210967234" Received: from 76-10-160-57.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([76.10.160.57]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 31 Dec 2012 01:28:30 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:28:17 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:28:17 -0500 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag Message-ID: <20121231062817.GA2646@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 50ccbb14-6791-4c04-8b77-25e2e117da7d X-Archives-Hash: 701967c981583926939454a3a66c5c2b I ran an update on my netbook today, and couldn't fire up X. I checked out Google on my desktop, and found the website http://en.spontex.org/forum/thread/561/1/ which described the exact problem, and more importantly, the solution. * Up til now X has been installed suid by default. This is what allows regular users to start X with startx . * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog USE="suid" has been enabled as of December 20, 2012. If you do not enable it, you will not be able to run startx as a regular user. xdm and other X login managers will still work. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications