Neal Pollack wrote: > On 03/04/09 19:04, Phi Tran wrote: >>> I'm glad that you've decided to use an existing profile and not add >>> new authorizations. I just wanted to clarify that these are two >>> separate decisions. >>> >> >> There was an issue brought up about fdisk which doesn't have an entry >> in exec_attr. I assume the intention was to not allow regular users to >> use fdisk or maybe this is a bug. One could call fdisk from format, >> but I don't think that was a requirement to use fdisk. >> >> I think parted and fdisk should be allowed for regular users since >> these commands could be useful for removable media. > > So, how do you keep one of the regular users on a SunRay server from > destroying the partitions with fdisk?
The above means regular users with privileges actually. These users (non-root) need the File System Management profile to get the privileges. Phi > > Neal > > >> These commands can >> be included with the File System Management profile and given >> appropriate privileges as suggested previously. >> >> I'd like to get any comments to see if there should be a >> reason that parted should follow fdisk permission handling or if the >> case should continue with adding parted to the File System Management >> profile with appropriate privileges. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Phi >
