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Re: Non-admin users, /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 permissions

From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:37:03 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Re: Non-admin users, /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 permissions
References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504111316440.30745@ppepc56.ph.gla.ac.uk><6.2.1.2.0.20050411084459.01dc4398@imap.uoregon.edu>
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Chuck Theobald wrote:

> Interestingly, the suggestion that root needs to own /tmp/.X11-unix is 
> impossible, as root is an "invalid user".

This is a message left over from the unix versions of Xorg. I'm just too
lazy to go through the whole get a patch into the stable branch of Xorg 
to address this message. If anybody cares, file a patch at bugs.freedesktop.org
and fight the security considerations of the xorg board.

bye
	ago
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References:
- Non-admin users, /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 permissions
  - From: Alan J. Flavell
- Re: Non-admin users, /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 permissions
  - From: Chuck Theobald

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