[SOLVED] Awesome Wm always in root

bb6sigma · 2023-09-15 22:17:55

Hi! I have recently switch over to a window manager and decided to give awesome wm a try. I followed the awesome installation guide and everything was working as it should but I noticed that every time I open a terminal it shows that I am default logged in as root. I checked the awesome wiki to see if I missed a step and cross referenced with other tutorials to see if they did anything I didn't and found nothing. I've read through the wiki and all pertaining forums and scoured the internet but can't seem to find anything regarding the topic. I can exit root by using the "su username" command and use sudo as a normal user but I was wondering if there is an angle I'm not seeing or step that I missed so that I can set the default user as a normal user to prevent a mistake in the future being that I don't want to always be in root, thank you!

Last edited by bb6sigma (2023-10-11 08:33:21)

seth · 2023-09-16 07:24:54

Your WM has nothing to do w/ your login user.
How do you login/start awesome?

bb6sigma · 2023-09-16 20:11:20

i start awesome using the sudo startx command in tty

seth · 2023-09-16 20:14:57

And why would you sudo "startx"?
Obviously don't do that, it's bad on multiple levels (UID0 AND sudo to trash your users permssions)

find ~ \! -user bb6sigma -print # assuming bb6sigma is also your regular login

bb6sigma · 2023-10-11 08:27:18

Sorry for the late reply, but you were correct, I was asking the wrong question and I had simply just overlooked a step in my xinit config that prevented from starting x as normal. Thank you for your help and quick replies!

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#1 2023-09-15 22:17:55

[SOLVED] Awesome Wm always in root

#2 2023-09-16 07:24:54

Re: [SOLVED] Awesome Wm always in root

#3 2023-09-16 20:11:20

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#4 2023-09-16 20:14:57

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