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| From | Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: parted is ALMOST suitable |
| Date | 2016-11-08 21:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sBlvb-5XM-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <sAT5T-4ky-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <sATSh-4Pz-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <sBj0m-4ko-43@gated-at.bofh.it> <sBjto-4Ab-41@gated-at.bofh.it> <sBkSt-5IO-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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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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parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 13:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Felipe Salvador <felipe.salvador@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 13:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 13:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 14:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 14:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 15:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 15:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 16:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 17:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Felipe Salvador <felipe.salvador@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 15:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-11-07 16:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Aldo Maggi <aldomaggi@katamail.com> - 2016-11-07 18:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Felipe Salvador <felipe.salvador@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 19:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-11-08 19:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 19:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 21:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-11-09 00:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 18:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 21:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 21:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 22:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 09:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 11:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 11:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 11:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 12:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 17:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-09 15:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 20:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-09 21:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 21:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-11-10 01:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-10 10:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-09 19:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 21:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-11-08 22:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-09 16:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-09 09:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 16:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-07 17:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Felipe Salvador <felipe.salvador@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 18:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-07 20:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 00:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 01:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-11-08 03:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-08 12:00 +0100
Correction - Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-08 12:20 +0100
Re: Correction - Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 20:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 13:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 20:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-07 13:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-11-07 13:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 13:50 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 14:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 15:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 15:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-07 15:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 15:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-07 17:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-07 17:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-07 17:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 15:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-07 15:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 16:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 18:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-08 10:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-07 21:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 01:00 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-08 12:20 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-11 15:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-11 17:30 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-11 18:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-11 18:40 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-07 15:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-07 15:10 +0100
Re: parted is ALMOST suitable rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-11-07 15:00 +0100
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