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Re: When I want to start xdm


On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonas Bolldén wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I use Cygwin/XFree86 on Windows 2000. (256 Mb RAM, Intel Celeron)
> I hope someone could help me with this problem I have.
> I want to start 'xdm'
> 
> 	Jonas Bolldén@ARCHANGEL
> 	$ xdm
> 	Only root wants to run xdm
> 
> So, is there at default password for 'root', or is there another way to do
> this?

You can start xdm in debug mode (xdm -debug 1) this will disable the check 
for root.

bye
	ago
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