startx fails when non-root users execute it.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

startx fails with the following error messages when non-root users execute it

mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied

waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "unix/:7100" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5 & 6

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