Re: parted is ALMOST suitable
On Tue 08 Nov 2016 at 14:41:45 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >>>>>>> *HOWEVER* parted requires root privileges. That is not acceptable.
> >>>>>>> Suggestions?
> >>>>>>> TIA
> > Futzing with partitions is the admin's job.
>
> Could be, but it's not (g)parted's job to enforce these kinds of rules:
> that's what Unix permissions (and Linux's capabilities) are for.
>
> It's OK to add a warning and prompt the user to make sure he really
> means to do that, but there's no point *preventing* the user from
> shooting his own foot with this tool if he can do it with other
> tools anyway.
Users here get no opportunity to shoot themselves or anyone else in the
foot. Access to raw disks is over my dead body. So I do not understand
your point.
--
Brian.
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