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

[Neal Pollack]

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?

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