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

[Phi Tran]

Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Scott Rotondo wrote:
>> 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.  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.
>>>
>>
>> I think the fact that fdisk is missing from File System Management is 
>> just a bug. You should add parted to that profile with appropriate 
>> privileges, and you may want to correct the previous bug by adding 
>> fdisk too.
> 
> If "Partition Management" is one aspect of "File System Management", 
> then I agree.  It wasn't immediately clear to me that this was the case, 
> but I also didn't realize you could call fdisk from within format when I 
> first looked at this.
> 
>    -- Garrett
> 

This issue looks resolved now.  I'll file a bug on fdisk.  Thanks.

Phi