From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 13:39:30 +0000

Re: generic monitor test result

Sven wrote:
> what's the problem here ???
> 
> XF_FBDev as since forever run without being root on my linux/m68k fbdev ?
> 
> there must be something broken in your fbcon.

No, something is wrong with fbcon... If you allow anyone to access
/dev/fb* they can log in remotely and read the console-contents!

//Marcus
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