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Q20 Why can I only run vncserver/Xvnc as root? The most likely reason for this is that Xvnc can't create the unix domain socket (the path for this unix domain socket is usually /tmp/.X11-unix/Xn). Try making sure that users can write to this directory by making it world-writable, i.e. "chmod a+w /tmp/.X11-unix". Note that to avoid a security loophole the "sticky bit" should also be set on the directory by doing "chmod o+t /tmp/.X11-unix". If you don't do this then someone else logged in to the same machine may be able to intercept the X protocol and thereby access your desktop and snoop on it, etc. An alternative is to set the Xvnc binary to have the same permissions as your normal X server, but this may be more of a security risk. ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, virtanen wrote: > > I installed vncserver and xvncviewer. > > The first problem is that I can run vncserver only only as 'root'. > I gave the read and write access to any user to the directory as suggested > in the faq file (/tmp/.X11-unix) But it didn't help. What to do next? > > The second problem is that I cannot run xvncviewer on the local consoles. > Basically the server is working (as 'root'), because I can run a viewer on > a mswin machine to get an vnc access to the machine. On the local machine > the viewer starts, but it is complaining that it cannot open the display. > What is wrong? What to do? > > hv > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > P.S. > > Now this machine (, which has been shutting off the power suddenly) has > been running satisfactorily for a couple of weeks... > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
