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.