[Tfug] Login managers and fvwm

[Claude Rubinson]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 08:14:44AM -0700, Neil Short wrote:
> startx by a non-root user considered by some to be
> insecure and has therefore been restricted in some
> environments (notably the BSDs). Since Debian has a
> fairly strong security focus don't be surprised if
> non-root startx eventually goes away.
> 
> The recommended methods for starting the graphical
> environment is either from a display manager or via a
> security wrapper, e.g., http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/wrapper/pkg-descr

Could you provide a pointer to a more detailed discussion.  This seems
odd to me as startx is simply a wrapper around xinit.  If startx is
too liberal in what it accepts, why not just write a more secure
replacement?

Claude