does anyone know why debian has /dev/fb* with 622 permissions? the reason i ask is there is a pretty nasty security problem with this, try the following: cat /dev/urandom > /dev/fb0 on my system i get a instant kernel panic (2.2.17 from ftp.kernel.org). since the framebuffer devices are world writable anyone with a shell account can crash the system, not nice. (i have a blue G3 using aty128fb) what is broken by setting the permissions on all the framebuffer devices to 0600 ? -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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