Running X in runlevel 3

[Chris Jones]

> > Is there any particular benefit to starting X by saying "init 5" rather
> > than "startx" from runlevel 3?  (Although, I can only do that as the
> > superuser...)

Also note, if you 'startx' as the super user you end up with an X session as 
the super user... This is really really a bad idea from a security point of 
view.

Not tired it in a while, but I thought start x could be run by any user, not 
just root ?

Chris