Re: parted is ALMOST suitable
>>>>>>> *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.
> fdisk also want's root (or
> sudo). You want some user poking around in the disk(s)?
BTW, I have a pending bug report around this very same issue:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439409
Feel free to weight in ;-)
Stefan
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