Bug#372687: Ordinary user can't start xorg

[Jack Carroll]

Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.0.20

        Under Etch, an ordinary user can't start the windowing system.
        In this test, /etc/rc2.d has been edited so that it doesn't start
gdm at boot time.
        The user "anna" logs in and issues the command
                startx
        The result is shown below.
        This creates a problem for hosts such as servers, where the
windowing system is needed only occasionally.  Security would be compromised
by giving an ordinary user the root passwork just to turn on the windowing
system.




Script started on Sat 10 Jun 2006 11:23:56 PM EDT
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /home/anna/.serverauth.4757

X: unable to open wrapper config file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ ls -l /etc/X11
total 34
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  1000 2006-06-10 18:47 app-defaults
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   176 2006-06-10 18:45 cursors
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    72 2006-06-10 18:44 fonts
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 17371 2006-05-21 15:48 rgb.txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   152 2006-06-10 19:04 twm
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    13 2006-06-10 18:47 X -> 
/usr/bin/Xorg
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   104 2006-06-10 18:47 xinit
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root   528 2006-06-10 18:45 xkb
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  3287 2006-06-10 18:47 xorg.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    48 2006-05-21 15:53 Xresources
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  3929 2006-05-21 15:48 Xsession
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   344 2006-06-10 18:49 Xsession.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   265 2006-05-21 15:48 Xsession.options
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ uname -1a
Linux edgar 2.6.15-1-k7-smp #2 SMP Mon Mar 6 15:50:26 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ exit

Script done on Sat 10 Jun 2006 11:25:40 PM EDT
Package: xorg
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 1:7.0.20
Provides: x-window-system, x-window-system-core
Depends: xserver-xorg, libgl1-mesa-glx, libgl1-mesa-dri, libglu1-mesa, 
xfonts-base (>= 1:1.0.0-1), xfonts-100dpi (>= 1:1.0.0-1), xfonts-75dpi (>= 
1:1.0.0-1), xfonts-scalable (>= 1:1.0.0-1), xbase-clients (>= 1:1.0.1-1), 
xutils (>= 1:1.0.1-1), xkb-data, xterm | x-terminal-emulator
Description: X.Org X Window System
 This metapackage provides the components for a standalone
 workstation running the X Window System.  It provides the X libraries, an X
 server, a set of fonts, and a group of basic X clients and utilities.
 .
 Higher level metapackages, such as those for desktop environments, can
 depend on this package and simplify their dependencies.
 .
 It should be noted that a package providing x-window-manager should also
 be installed to ensure a comfortable X experience.