Re: xtvscreen and suse 6

From: Alan Cox (alanat_private)
Date: Thu Feb 18 1999 - 14:51:00 PST

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    > You can use xtvscreen to overwrite any file on the system.
    > Xtvscreen has a function to capture a snapshot and will write it as
    
    Xtvscreen really should not be installed setuid. The only reason to do so
    is because something has to tell the capture card where the frame buffer is.
    This should be the Xserver (patched), or one of the small helper applications
    available for this.
    
    Alan
    



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