In article <2b6fig$c8o@louie.udel.edu>, chavey@bambam.cis.udel.edu (Laurent Chavey) writes:
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> I am having problem with xconsole. When starting it as root
> every thing is ok, but as a regular user, I keep on getting
> COULDN't OPEN CONSOLE.
> any body has an idea.

I just looked at my XFree86-1.3 installation from SLS 1.03.  xterm is suid root.
xconsole is not.  Should it be?

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