Run My APP Under a user other than root
 

I have a Java Application that I built. However I can't run this application except I run it as root. If I change the user to someone else , I can't run my application anymore. I am having this problem with my text editors as well I can only use KWrite when I am logged on as root. other wise I have to use VI . Can some please help me with this problem.



Searching for answers. :Pengy:

i'll assume you wrote your java app as root initially, and then saved it.

do: 'ls -l <filename>' and you should see that it is owned by root. you change this by running 'chown user:group <filename>' as root.

I have the owner and group set to the name of my new user and still this is not working.


I get an error saying connection to ":0.0" refused by the server.

The connection to :0.0 refused by server is a result of the XSession being owned by a different user then the one trying to execute a program in X...

I figured that was the problem but each time I start up the system it automatically logs in as root without asking for a password or anything. Does anyone know how to change that? I temporary fixedthe problem by saying "xhost +" . But I will rather just log in as my newly created user.

Thanks

Can you tell us more about the system that logs as root ?
O/S ? distro ?

It's running the latest/most current version of Red hat.

So you should start another thread on the Red Hat forum asking why is your system automatically launching the graphic environment as root, without prompting for a password (both facts being major security hazards), and how to disable that and return to a more reasonable system, with a login menu and root account only used for maintenance tasks.