Could you please wrap your lines (70 or so characters per line)? It makes it easier to read and to reply to.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 02:49:03PM -0700, post id wrote: > I've set up a minimal system on one of my machines and used no login > manager -- I login at the prompt and type startx to start the > graphical session. Now I read a claim that if one didn't use a login > manager to log in and start X, then one was logging in with root > privileges. Where did you read that nonsense? > That doesn't appear to be true since I don't seem to have > root privileges, although when I do ctrl-alt-f1 I get a list of > messages such as "Restore TV PLL," etc. rather than a command prompt. You don't get a command prompt because you haven't logged out of the X session. > I don't get that on my other machines running graphical login > managers. Do I have a security problem here? If so, will just > installing a lightweight login manager (xdm?) cure it or do I need to > change some settings somewhere? I'd be thankful for advice. You have no security problem. You started X as the user who called startx. You just have to learn how to close your X session down properly. Cheers, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
