Re: Correction - Re: parted is ALMOST suitable
On Tue 08 Nov 2016 at 05:19:15 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/8/2016 4:58 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >[snip]
> >
> >Actually I now have two options, "udevadm info" and "/sbin/blkid".
> >>From Brian's comment on bug #776905, in future releases "blkid"
> >may be an option.
>
> I'll have to modify that. Brian has stated in another sub-thread:
> >... When blkid is run as root it creates the file
> >/run/blkid/blkid.tab. A user running blkid only gets to see the contents
> >of blkid.tab. There is no change to blkid.tab unless the command is run
> >by root again. This makes /sbin/blkid useless as a user command for the
> >purposes discussed in this thread.
I probably gave the impression somewhere in this narrative that blkid as
non-root was ok. It isn't; apologies. On Jessie you basically have only
the single choice of udevadm. But it is still a win. :)
--
Brian.
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