I can confirm this in Ubuntu 9.04. Setting the sticky bit apparently doesn't solve the issue that the sensors applet cannot access the hard drive sensors, although it does allow the shell command to work.
-- Cannot get hard drive temperature as non root user with hddtemp in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
