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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Starting X as a user and not as root
From:       blankreg <blankreg () wt ! net>
Date:       1999-05-20 0:09:50
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Huh? This is not a remote login but at the keyboard. I wanted to be able to let
him run around on my linux box without being root so he couldnt do too much
damage.


On Wed, 19 May 1999, Roy Koch wrote:
> I think you need a Static IP address!
> 
> blankreg wrote:
> 
> > I set up a user account on my KDE and RH6.0 linux box for a win98 friend so he
> > could explore my cool linux system but when I tried to log him into KDE with
> > the startx command it said authentication error, Failure. What do I need to do
> > set so the he can access my system without being logged in as root?
> >
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