VNC and K and root

Jonathan Morton chromi "at" cyberspace.org
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:31:27 +0000


>I have installed VNC and configured it to use the K desktop, but when I start
>the server as a regular user, I get a permission denied when the vnc server
>tries to "sh /home/gill/.vnc/xstartup.  I would prefer not to run VNC as root.
>So, if anyone knows why I am a bobo, please let me know.
>

Make sure of the permissions of /home/gill/.vnc/xstartup -- should be 
executable by you, and you should be the owner.
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