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From: Ron Parker
Date: 16 Nov 2000 15:03:30
Message: <slrn918fcl.8fs.ron.parker@fwi.com>

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:10:09 -0500, Simon Lemieux wrote:
>Interesting... that's exactly what I was looking for... do you know how it is
>done?  So I can know how to avoid it?

You don't have to know how it's done to avoid it. :)

Your best bet is to run povray as a user with privileges only to write in 
a specific directory and no login privileges.  For extra security, you
might also use chroot.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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