I'm really showing my newbie status, but what am I supposed to do with this?

"Peter J. Holzer" wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 21:06:16 -0600, David F wrote:
> >When i try to render a file in my home directory, using MegaPOV 0.5a, I
> >get the following output:
> >
> >Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.1g.ump.0.5a (UniMegaPov
> >0.5a).u
> ><snip>
> >Creating vista buffer.
> >Creating light buffers...
> >File init error.
> >Error opening output file.
> >$
> >
> >However, when I run it su, it renders.  Got any suggestions?
> >
>
> Try the following patch to get a meaningful error message.
>
> BTW, for those who run public render farms: I just noticed that the
> Error function uses sprintf on a fixed size buffer. It may be possible
> to overflow this buffer and run arbitrary programs. Make sure the user
> running povray doesn't have more than the rights he absolutely needs!
>
>         hp
>
> --- povray.c.orig       Thu Jun  1 14:43:52 2000
> +++ povray.c    Mon Dec  4 20:03:46 2000
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  <snip>

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