startx fails when non-root users execute it.
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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