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Old 02-16-2011
X11 privileges
Hi

What privileges I need to install X11?
Or, in other words, can I install X11 without root privileges? The only user that installed X11 will use it.

If it depends on OS version, here is the list of operating systems:

Linux Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 4.0/4.5/5
Linux SUSE Enterprise server 10
ESX
HP-UX 11.31 v3
IBM AIX 5.3
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10

Many thanks
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Old 02-16-2011
Where would the actual physical display be? If the user has to run X on an actual physical display, that almost certainly requires root access since the X Windows server needs to access the display in ways that almost certainly need root access.

If you need to have the display appear at a remote console, that's easier, but you'll still need the appropriate X Windows client libraries available somewhere, but you should be able to do that without root access.
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