From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:02:12 +0200

Re: generic monitor test result

In lists.linux.ggi you write:

>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!

How about this ?

bogomips kraxel ~# ll /dev/fb0
crw--w--w-   1 root     root      29,   0 Jul 25 18:30 /dev/fb0

  Gerd

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