server must be suid root

From: Brian Stults (bstults_at_crim.ufl.edu)
Date: 08/30/03

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    Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:58:59 +0000
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    Hello,

    I know I've seen this before, but I cannot find the solution anywhere.
    I can run X as root just fine. But when I try to run it as a user, I
    get the following errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:

    (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted)

    Fatal server error:
    xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root

    Here is some info:

    XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1

    hardin:/usr/X11R6/bin# ls -l X*
    -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X
    -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27494 Aug 29 11:26 Xmark

    hardin:/dev# ls -l mem
    crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Aug 29 21:51 mem

    hardin:/usr/X11R6/bin# cat /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
    allowed_users=console
    nice_value=-10

    I can't think of anything else to mention. Any suggestions?

    Thanks. 

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