Error when starting X as user:

vfbsilva · 2011-02-19 20:35:04

Folks Ive created another user as the profile of my old one seem to have been corrupted and now i get the following error: Cannot move old log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old". How should I proceed?

Regards.

bernarcher · 2011-02-19 21:00:09

Is your new user part of the "log" group?

vfbsilva · 2011-02-19 21:12:20

No he is not why should he be? I tough someone in such group could also edit logs what would not be right to allow for a ordinary user.

bernarcher · 2011-02-19 21:28:43

Sorry my fault - Xorg.0.log is "root:users". Most others are "root:log" here.

So, just for completeness, is the new user in the "users" group, as it looks like Xorg has no rights to write the Xorg.0.log.old file.

Is there a Xorg.0.log.old file already? Who owns it?

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Error when starting X as user:

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