[sles-beta] Beta 3, "startx" as non-root fails

[Joe Doupnik]

Matthias,
     Yes, a security feature is a prime suspect. I had ascribed the 
situation to just another partly completed development effort and all 
would be fine when it is fully written and tested. After all, this did 
work in Beta 2.
     Good luck with sorting the security aspect.
     Thanks,
     Joe D.

On 21/03/2014 22:34, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:
> Hello Joe and all,
>
> I remember a discussion ~1year ago,
> but not the details (will check on monday),
> and it might be a security feature
> (the screenshots support this idea: see the last two lines!).
>
> I know, I know, ...:-(
>
> However, if it really is a security feature,
> I will have to prepare the battle carefully:
> it will be a battle against myself,
> wearing the security hat --
> and usually security wins.
>
> Enjoy the weekend -
> MgE
>
>
> On 21. März 2014 20:05:58 MEZ, Joe Doupnik <jrd at netlab1.net> wrote:
>>     As an ordinary user on SLES, login to the console and give command
>> startx. After a significant pause the command fails. Attached is a
>> screen capture of it.
>>      Root, by contrast, does get the Gnome GUI.
>>    As a test I did   chmod a+w /var/log   as root, returned to being a
>> normal user and tried again. Still failure, as shown in the second
>> screen capture.
>>      Running as a VMware ESXi guest.
>>      Joe D.
>>
>>
>>
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