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Running X as root no longer supported |
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On February 15, 2014, X was further modified to allow it to run without root privileges.<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&;m=139245772023497&w=2 |title=CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: xenocara |date=February 15, 2014 |accessdate=May 26, 2016 |mailing-list=openbsd-cvs |last=Kettenis |first=Mark}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140223112426|title=Xorg can now run without privilege on OpenBSD|date=February 22, 2014|publisher=[[OpenBSD Journal]]|access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref>
After the discovery of a security vulnerability in X<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.openbsd.org/errata64.html#p001_xserver|title=OpenBSD 6.4 Errata|website=www.openbsd.org|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>, OpenBSD doesn't support the running of X as a root user and only supports running X via a display manager as a dedicated <code>_x11</code> user.
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