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On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> 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



http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/user.sh

Script to change permissions so that a user can do everything root does,
for BL2.  It should work similarly for BL3 but 'geen guarantie'.
See also the archives - I posted a lot about this.

You may need to change file permissions on startx itself.

Sindi Keesan