Xorg run as a special user

[miniqq]

How can I run Xorg by a special user like _x11. The system now runs Xorg by the user who start it or root. May I have to config the pam module? I see this from the OpenBSD! But I can't find out how!

 

[hedgehog]

Just wonder why do you ever need that?

 

[tyson]

Just wonder if it's even possible to run Xserver without root privileges.

 

[adamk]

It is not possible to run Xorg without root privileges on FreeBSD yet. For the open source drivers, it will require support for KMS.

Adam

 

[kpedersen]

Does X11 not drop privileges once it is running?

 

[adamk]

As far as I know, it does not. ps should show you.

 

[DutchDaemon]

My X.org runs under my user's privileges.

25405 theuser      1  44    0   880M 42580K select  0   6:40  1.66% Xorg

theuser   25404  0.0  0.1 13312  2060  v0  I+    5:32PM   0:00.00 xinit /home/theuser/.xinitrc -- /usr/local/bin/X -dpi 96 -nolisten tcp -
br -auth /home/theuser

 

[adamk]

Interesting... But I bet that Xorg is still setuid root, right?

 

[DutchDaemon]

Of course.