Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Wed 09 Nov 2016 at 11:27:11 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 10:12:13AM +0000, Brian wrote: >> > >> > That gives "-bash: /dev/sda2: Permission denied" for me with a fixed >> > disk. It's the same for a removable disk. The system came like that. >> >> Hopefully. But that's not because bash checks that (as parted is). >> It's because the permissions on the device file are set right! > > udev doesn't come into the picture for removable disks? It did on > pre-Jessie.
What is the relevance of udev here? Yes, udev sets the permissions, but the issue is whether they're right not who sets them.