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[ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root
- Subject: [ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root
- From: ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:16:40 -0500
- In-reply-to: <CAEo=5PyZNnvuK=cF8JQHfHsh1XJSWie12RNpv2aMCtiY3PBezA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/30/2012 10:32 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> Security has changed at the PAM and selinix layers. In centos6 rot
> can't run startx with selinux in targeted mode.
> Most config gui are run as non-root and authentication is with a popup
> password box. So run the stuff as a normal user and wait for the prompt.
> RHEL7 will have selinux for X (partly at least).
>
Selinux is off. It must be a PAM issue. I'm not running a config gui
but gvim, normally.
So there's no way to turn it off?
Thanks,
Jim.