Very Computer

I'm seeking help with a problem that I created.

In my misguided attempt at making my workstation (DEC Ultrix 4.2)
more secure, I removed world write permissions for all files and
directories with the command 'chmod o-w *' at the root directory.

When the 'man' command no longer worked for any user but root, I
found out that the /tmp and /usr/tmp directories needed to have
world write permissions so after I changed the permissions on those
directories, 'man' worked again for all users.

I still have a problem in that any users besides root cannot log in
at the console because the permissions associated with some part of
X are still set incorrectly i.e. some file or directory needs it's
world writable permission changed back also.  If I login in as root
and then rlogin as a non-root user and then try open an application
such as an xterm or xcalc, I get the message:
   X Toolkit Error:  Can't Open display
But as a non-root user, I can send the display to another workstation
and have it display correctly (using the setenv DISPLAY other:0.0) so
the problem seems isolated only to the console.

Any ideas on how to fix my problem?  More specifically, any ideas on
which files/directories control display access to the console?

Thanks a million!

- Jimmy
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writes:
|> I'm seeking help with a problem that I created.
|>
|> In my misguided attempt at making my workstation (DEC Ultrix 4.2)
|> more secure, I removed world write permissions for all files and
|> directories with the command 'chmod o-w *' at the root directory.
|>
|>
|> Any ideas on how to fix my problem?  More specifically, any ideas on
|> which files/directories control display access to the console?
|>
|> Thanks a million!

Check the directory for the X11 display socket in /tmp. Usually something
like /tmp/.X11-unix. The directory and the socket (in the directory) should
be world-writeable.

Charlie
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