fdisk -l

[Ben Kevan]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Olt, Joseph <jolt at ti.com> wrote:

>  Nitin,
>
>
>
> Sudo is the best answer.  If you really want fdisk to run for any user you
> can change the permissions:
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> Default permissions:
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> *-bash-3.00$ /sbin/fdisk -l*
>
> -bash-3.00$ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l
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> Disk /dev/sda: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes
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> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders
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> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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>
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
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> /dev/sda1   *           1          16      128488+  83  Linux
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> /dev/sda2              17        1974    15727635   83  Linux
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> /dev/sda3            1975        2235     2096482+  82  Linux swap
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> /dev/sda4            2236        3263     8257410    5  Extended
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> /dev/sda5            2236        3263     8257378+  83  Linux
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>
>
> Alter permissions:
>
> -bash-3.00$ sudo chmod 4755 /sbin/fdisk
>
> *-bash-3.00$ /sbin/fdisk -l*
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> * *
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> *Disk /dev/sda: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes*
>
> *255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders*
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> *Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes*
>
> * *
>
> *   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System*
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> */dev/sda1   *           1          16      128488+  83  Linux*
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> */dev/sda2              17        1974    15727635   83  Linux*
>
> */dev/sda3            1975        2235     2096482+  82  Linux swap*
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> */dev/sda4            2236        3263     8257410    5  Extended*
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> */dev/sda5            2236        3263     8257378+  83  Linux*
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> Regards,
>
>
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
Doing this is a major issue as it will allow the user to do more then just,
fdisk -l, which was the primary requirement.

I would recommend using sudo, and allow access to fdisk -l
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