From d472d8d41eacd512bfc4693e212c6c17846857ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dec05eba Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:52:12 +0100 Subject: Dont allow running the program as the root user --- src/main.cpp | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/main.cpp') diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp index 583d9e5..f415dd8 100644 --- a/src/main.cpp +++ b/src/main.cpp @@ -1123,9 +1123,10 @@ static void usage_full() { fprintf(stderr, " Optional when using '-bm qp' or '-bm vbr' options, set to 'very_high' be default.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " Required when using '-bm cbr' option.\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); - fprintf(stderr, " -r Replay buffer size in seconds. If this is set, then only the last seconds as set by this option will be stored\n"); - fprintf(stderr, " and the video will only be saved when the gpu-screen-recorder is closed. This feature is similar to Nvidia's instant replay feature.\n"); - fprintf(stderr, " This option has be between 5 and 1200. Note that the replay buffer size will not always be precise, because of keyframes. Optional, disabled by default.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " -r Replay buffer time in seconds. If this is set, then only the last seconds as set by this option will be stored\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " and the video will only be saved when the gpu-screen-recorder is closed. This feature is similar to Nvidia's instant replay feature This option has be between 5 and 1200.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " Note that the video data is stored in RAM, so don't use too long replay buffer time and use constant bitrate option (-bm cbr) to prevent RAM usage from going too high in busy scenes.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " Optional, disabled by default.\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); fprintf(stderr, " -k Video codec to use. Should be either 'auto', 'h264', 'hevc', 'av1', 'vp8', 'vp9', 'hevc_hdr', 'av1_hdr', 'hevc_10bit' or 'av1_10bit'.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " Optional, set to 'auto' by default which defaults to 'h264'. Forcefully set to 'h264' if the file container type is 'flv'.\n"); @@ -2981,6 +2982,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) { // Same as above, but for amd/intel unsetenv("vblank_mode"); + if(geteuid() == 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "Error: don't run gpu-screen-recorder as the root user\n"); + _exit(1); + } + if(argc <= 1) usage_full(); -- cgit v1.2.3