On 11/1/06, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tinow ME wrote:
> hi all
> I just finished installation of xorg. The root startx ok, but
> when I log in
> as a user other than root and startx it fails and appears:
>
> ===============================================
> Fatal server error:
> PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
> Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
>
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> at http://wiki.X.org
> for help.
>
> giving up.
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: Connection refused (errono 111): unable to
> connect to X server
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> ===============================================
>
> any ideas
Most likely /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg is not setuid root. What is the output
of "ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg"?
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Following some hints I solved the problem yet, by change
/etc/pam.d/xserver to:
auth required /lib/security/pam_permit.so
account required /lib/security/pam_permit.so
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