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[BL] startx as regular user?

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Subject: [BL] startx as regular user?
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:41:40 -0800 (PST)

Is it absolutely impossible to run X as
a regular user?

I have used passwd to set up regular accounts
in BasicLinux, but when i try to "startx" as
a regular user, i get an error message that
startx can only be run by root. I'm not comfortable
with the security risk that poses.

-monz

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