Parted - GNU Partition Editor [PSARC/2009/145 FastTrack timeout 03/06/2009]

[Mark Logan]

Sebastien Roy wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 14:38 -0800, Phi Tran wrote:
>   
>> The following RBAC authorizations and profile will be added.
>>
>> Authorization Names:
>> solaris.admin.parted.:::Partition Editor::help=AuthPartedHeader.html
>> solaris.admin.parted.write:::Edit Partitions::help=AuthPartedWrite.html
>>     
>
> Is there a technical reason why reading partition information would
> require a special authorization?
>   

Parted needs permission to access the raw disk device. Someone told me 
that I needed to use RBAC to allow non-root users to run it.

>   
>> 4.3. Interfaces Exported
>>
>> Interface Name                    Classification    Comments
>> ---------------                   --------------    -----------------
>> SUNWparted                        Committed         Package name (Phase 1)
>> /usr/share/man/man8/parted.8      Volatile          Manual page (Phase 1)
>> /usr/bin/parted                   Volatile          Parted launcher shell script (Phase 1)
>>     
>
> You probably want something other than Volatile if this is meant to be
> used programatically by other software subsystems.
>   

I see your point, but isn't the rule 3rd party source == volatile?

>   
>> 4.4. Schedule
>>
>> I propose introducing GParted into OpenSolaris in three phases:
>>
>>    Phase 1: Parted command line (2 man months)
>>     
>
> Nit: schedule is not architectural.
>
>   
>>    Phase 2: GParted GUI (3 man months)
>>     
>
> You say three phases above, but only mention two phases.  What's the
> third phase?
>
> -Seb
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