CentOS 5 :: CentOS 5.5 To Run Startx As User?
Jun 24, 2010
Problem: The user wants to execute startx gets error message:[Tester @ asparanoix64 ~] $ startxxauth: creating new authority file / home/tester/.serverauth.17457Fatal server error:PAM authentication failed, can not start the X server.Perhaps you have not the console ownership?Question:How can I add a user to be able to run the X server?For debian / ubuntu is declared in the file / etc/X11/Xwrapper.config by assigning the following options: allowed_users =...
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Oct 26, 2009
I tried to kind of beautify my CentOS 5.3. So I kind of break some rules ( like compiling tar balls.. ). To cut it short, I installed avant window navigator ( source, compile, etc ). Before that I also installed compiz ( which made my desktop kind of much more *alive* ). Problem is there are some bugs on AWN, then I think my webcam got affected too ( not showing proper display ). I then decided to uninstall compiz thru YUM. After this, restarted my system, then whooppss my Gnome, won't load properly. the AWN was gone, then the bottom part of my desktop was just black. I only got a top menu, which whatever application I open there's no top bar on it ( where you see the name of the window ). Also every application just shows up on my upper left corner of the screen. So I definitely broke it. So I switched to another session ( Ctrl Alt F2 ) then went into a terminal. I tried to load again another X Session ( Ctrl Alt F8/F9 ), but nothing comes up, am I doing that wrong?
Now in cases like this where the GUI is not loading correctly, what work-arounds are usually made? I did some tweaks by guessing everything will kind of reset by renaming my gnome hidden folders, but no luck. What to do on this situations? Is it possible to kind of switch to pure terminal session, uninstall whole Gnome package there, remove some settings, reinstall Gnome and everything will be ok again? Or is it possible if Gnome is broke like kind of start a KDE session? How's this things relate to XOrg11.conf something? Could anyone just give like some overview like which sits on top of what.
Since I can't fix my problem yesterday I just reformatted laptop and reinstalled 5.3 with Virtualization checked, and I noticed my kernel says "xen". I thought of trying this builtin virtualization software because I had problems with VMWare before also.
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Nov 20, 2009
I've got a 64-bit CentOS 5 setup and I'm trying to run startx, but when I do I get:
I tried changing the display driver to i810 in xorg.conf but it can't find that module either.
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Mar 11, 2010
how can i view/monitor what a user is typing in other terminals in centos?
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Mar 23, 2010
I am looking to create a user to be able to do WinSCP or SSH into the system and only be able to see /var/www/html/joomla/ and that is it. I don't want them to be able to start or stop service but be able to upload and download files to the specific directory or change privileges of the mentioned directory. Is that possible? what commands should I run.
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Oct 27, 2009
I windows xp. I install vmware on it and install centos 5. Now how to use internet in centos 5 using user name and password. Our internet provider give us user name and password.
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Sep 13, 2010
i've added a user using
useradd turf passwd turf and so on.. after loggin, i can't startx..
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Feb 3, 2010
Startx by non-root user account in red hat linux kernel 2.6. How can I use the command "startx" by other user account such as "oracle"? I cannot startx by user account oracle?
Code:
[oracle@localhost ~]$ startx
Fatal server error:
PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at [URL] for help.
[1]+ Stopped startx
[oracle@localhost ~]$
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May 27, 2010
Just installed Slack-13.1 and it looks really good. At least as root. Problem is, I create a normal user, and when I log in as the user, startx just gives me a black screen.
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Aug 4, 2010
Problems with xen 3.1.2 creating and installing domU CentOS 5.5 I am trying to do a virt-install --prompt --paravirt, and the install error out while trying to download install RPMs. I have googled for xen centos virt-install and various permutations. I have found similar howtos for 5.4 and 5.3, but they resulted in the same outcome. I did find several posts with similar issues, but no solution was posted.[URL]..
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Feb 9, 2011
I am in the process of building a new server on an Asus P5QPL-AM motherboard and an Intel E8600 processor.explain to me the difference between the two versions and what would you recommend.Also, is there any advantage of SATA over IDE hard drives?
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Jan 27, 2016
As a long time FreeBSD user, I consider give Debian a try upon the arrival of my new laptop. However, seems I couldn't launch desktop environment by simply typing startx on console as on FreeBSD. I can start desktop through a display manager like lightdm on Stretch, which is quite easy and straightforward, but I still prefer the "startx way".
I setup Debian Stretch on Virtualbox (4.3.43) using official debian-installer, login as a normal user, and install xfce4 via Code: Select allsudo apt-get install xfce4. The installation of xfce4 was very fast and it also introduced xorg related packages here. Then I edit my $HOME/.xinitrc as follows:
Code: Select allexec startxfce4
I typed startx to expect Xfce desktop but got the errors complained instead: [URL]....
while the xorg.0.log had the following contents: [URL]....
So, I failed to start xfce4 by startx as a normal user and had to install and start lightdm to go into desktop, but when I login as root, it worked and launched Xfce4 by startx without any problem. I couldn't figure it out now.
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Jun 23, 2010
- is there a way to set the default user in console login so that all needed is to press enter(or event without it) to be able to input the password for that user - also is it possible to console login without password, by just inputting user name and pressing enter how to put startx for that user right on login, so that the user doesn't input the command manually
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Nov 6, 2009
In my system(CENTOS) displays the "gdm user does not exist". I cannot typing any word except username and password. Try all virtual terminal but failed. and also try to connect the ssh but I can't.
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Jul 13, 2010
I've created a new user on the system and can login to the server with SFTP but can only add/remove files in the users folder and nowhere else on the server.
I've tried adding
AllowUsers username to sshd_config but that made no difference?
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Aug 3, 2010
now how can i create ftp user id and password and allow them to access only specific directory under the wwwhtml directory.
ftp-0.17-35.el5
vsftpd-2.0.5-16.el5_4.1
lftp-4.0.5-1.el5.rf
actually i am having three different user and i want them to allow three different directory under www/html/user1 www/html/user2 www/html/user3
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Sep 16, 2010
For the RED5 Server is a Initscript available. But with this script the service runs as root. I am a novice with Scripting
#!/bin/bash
# For RedHat and cousins:
# chkconfig: 2345 85 85
# description: Red5 flash streaming server
# processname: red5
[code]....
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Sep 29, 2010
I've got a Centos server setup as a web server and have no problems doing anything from the command line. Some users need to connect via FTP, and need to be able to chmod files and directories as they please. I've been able to allow the users to connect to the web directory via FTP, but can't work out how to allow them the ability to chmod anything within the folder. The files were originally uploaded by root user, however I want any user connecting via FTP to be able to edit permissions as they please.
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Oct 22, 2010
I've got a remote server running CentOS and I require a new user account who would have access to sftp & ssh functions.I've got a bit of a problem creating the user since whenever I try to login with the new account through ssh (putty) I keep getting access denied.I've made different accounts with userids above /below 500; even though I'm a complete noob so no idea how I'm supposed to go about this.
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Aug 1, 2010
i wan to create ftp user id and password in centos , so that i can provide access to various director in www folder.
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Jun 11, 2011
How can i delete a ftp user on linux server centos 5 ?
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Mar 21, 2009
This situation after a mains power failure took server down.Log oonto server with root, go to Admin > users and get this message:" The user database cannot be read. This problem is most likely caused by mismatch between /etx/password and /etc/shadow or /etc/group and /etc/gshadow. The program will exit now."
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May 16, 2009
I understand how to create a super user, but I do not understand how to create a password for that user. Can someone tell me how to please? Also when do I do this? Logged in as who?
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Jul 9, 2009
Because I keep a lot of data on a Netgear ReadyNAS which can be presented as a NFS server, I would like to have the default CentOS user have a uid and gid that match those for the user that owns the main NFS share. That way I can treat it as if it were a directory that I owned on the local machine. I'm probably going to install CentOS 5.3 over again to get a totally clean system. What is the neatest way to ensure that the default user has the desired uid and gid? Or is there a better way to work with the NAS? (Right now I'm running it with CIFS shares, but these are quirky and do not behave quite like a local file system, I'm hoping that NFS would be more consistent, but previously attempts to run NFS were hampered by different uid and gid values).
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Aug 6, 2009
I've been trying to add a user to the system, so I can use it through samba to access the shares on the server. I'm using "useradd" but the command is not found... with a little search, I was able to find the command "/usr/sbin/useradd username" my question is can someone point me to a guide with basic administration task, I was checking out the wiki on Centos, but didn't find "adding user"; I know Centos has a gui for this, but I would like to stick to shell commands. By the way why some commands are only access through /sbin and others /usr/sbin. I know this probably has to do with your path, but how can I fix this so I don't have to type the whole path every time.
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Oct 9, 2009
I want create no login ssh user for ssh tunnel with ssh.
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Nov 10, 2009
I have about 30 regular user profiles on my system all of which are identical, except yesterday the keyboard stopped working for one when the user starts X both KDE and Gnome, seems like it dosen't even detect the keyboard as num/caps lock light is no longer on. It works on the command line just fine though. Was working fine Friday, no settings were changed at all over the weekend just stopped working come Monday morning.
Works for all the other users on the system. I've reset his profile from the /etc/skel directory still won't work.It's a network login through NIS so tried it on several machines (Centos5.3, Centos5.4, Fedora8, Fedora10, Fedora11 )throughout the building, no difference.Tried USB and PS2 keyboards, tried unpluggin it and pluggin back in during X see if it would detect it that way, tried running system-config-keyboard before logging in as this fixed a similar problem I've had before.Read similar stories where it was a setting in xorg.conf but i haven't tried these yet as the xorg.conf is machine specific (to my understanding) and the problem seems to be user specific.
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Jan 11, 2010
I'm still quite wet behind the ears with CentOS/Unix. What I'm trying to do is to setup a non interactive user, where I login with an interactive user and su to the non interactive. I have set the non interactive with /sbin/nologin (through the GUI), but when I login with the interactive user and su to the non interactive user I get the following:
"This account is currently not available".
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Jun 21, 2010
I have big folder I want to send it to my friend because it is over 20MB I can't send it by email so I want to put it on my website in a folder any time he wants to access it he should put uer name and passwod.I am completly new in that kind of stuff please let me know if any one know how to do it.
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Jul 22, 2010
is there a way to kill a pts/* or tty* user session from comman line, without knowing its process id.
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