X does not work as regular user, but it does at root

[parv/freebsd]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 4:09 PM parv/freebsd wrote:
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> Instead of setting setuid on each & every file & directory under /tmp,
>

Sorry, above “setuid” should have been “sticky bit”.


- parv


you need
> to set those permissions on /tmp directory itself. Then anyone can create
> the
> files in /tmp & not overwrite each others'.
>
> But before you do that, please post the output of ...
>
>   % /bin/ls -Fold /tmp
>
> ... below is from on my computer, all the directories are created (much) after
> machine has rebooted & I do not set the permission on any files & directories in
> /tmp ...
>
>
> drwxrwxrwt   7 root  wheel  uarch     9 Apr 16 15:50 /tmp/
>
>
> ... you can set the permissions on /tmp via as root ...
>
>   % chmod 1777 /tmp
>
>