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Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

From Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Xorg replaces TTY1
Date 2015-11-24 22:20 +0100
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Am 24.11.2015 um 21:47 schrieb Brian:
> On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 21:13:29 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 
>> Am 24.11.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Brian:
>>> On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +0000, Brian wrote:
>>>>> On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2015-11-22 at 18:52, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>   There are 2 reasons for this change:
>>>>>
>>>>>   1) It is needed to make Xorg run without root rights
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean that the user now needs to be root to do "startx -- vt7"?
>>>
>>> *I* don't mean anything. I was quoting what a developer said. But "no",
>>> the user does not have to be root.
>>
>> That's completely the wrong way around.
> 
> What is the wrong way round? I've merely said root is not necessary to
> use startx. Surely that is not incorrect?

This was not directed at you, just at the misconception that *now*
startx needs root. Where actually up until recently it *actually*
required root privileges (via SUID). That's what I meant with "wrong way
around".

That Xorg can now run as unprivileged user is something new (at least in
Debian), and it's a very positive change.

Sorry if that quoting was misleading.

Michael

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Xorg replaces TTY1 berenger.morel@neutralite.org - 2015-11-22 00:40 +0100
  Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2015-11-22 10:10 +0100
  Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-11-22 14:50 +0100
    Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-22 15:20 +0100
      Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-22 19:30 +0100
        Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-22 20:20 +0100
          Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-22 21:30 +0100
            Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-23 00:00 +0100
              Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-23 01:00 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-23 01:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-23 01:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-24 18:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 19:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2015-11-24 21:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 21:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2015-11-24 22:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 23:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-25 09:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-25 09:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-25 14:00 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-25 15:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-25 19:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-27 06:30 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-27 13:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-28 09:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-28 11:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 13:30 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 14:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 16:00 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 11:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-11-30 17:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-30 18:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-11-30 19:00 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-30 19:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-28 16:30 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 18:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-28 18:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-27 15:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-27 17:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-27 19:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-11-27 21:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-11-28 10:30 +0100
              Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 05:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 15:20 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 16:20 +0100

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