On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:09:33 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 11/11/2016 à 17:24, Brian a écrit : > > > >As the manual says: > > > > CACHE_FILE=<path> > > Overrides the standard location of the cache file. This setting > > can be overridden by the environment variable BLKID_FILE. Default > > is /run/blkid/blkid.tab, or /etc/blkid.tab on systems without a > > /run directory. > > In Wheezy the man page does not mention /run, and there is no > /run/blkid/blkid.tab. > > >>However note that /dev/sdb* is owned by group "floppy" and my standard user > >>account is a member of this group. > > > >If you are on Jessie (and have not altered any udev rules) you have a > >broken system. > > This computer runs Wheezy and I did not alter udev rules. Looks like things > have changed with Jessie.
Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; Jessie doesn't. This thread has a short discussion on gparted and bug #439409. The bug report was submitted for Wheezy and the behaviour you observe formed the basis of an argument. The bug report now has a different complexion but has still not been updated to reflect the altered situation. -- Brian.
