[Bug 220275] Re: blkid shouldn't need root privileges

[Khurshid Alam]

LOL!....On 16.04 it still requires root.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to e2fsprogs in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220275

Title:
  blkid shouldn't need root privileges

Status in e2fsprogs package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: e2fsprogs

  When I execute blkid without root privileges I get an empty result.
  Only when i add a sudo to the command i get an output:

  $ blkid
  $ sudo blkid
  /dev/mapper/stein-root: UUID="505a1f5d-8a14-40c7-b873-009b722d3782" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 
  /dev/mapper/stein-swap_1: TYPE="swap" UUID="0cf47458-4a05-4b8a-aedf-238d7d047b18" 
  /dev/sda5: UUID="cdb51a1e-b277-43e3-8130-eb7b992efda2" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" 
  /dev/sda1: UUID="2d6fdebf-54bc-4987-a46e-7b3352737b14" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 
  /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt: UUID="nmmiO3-4W3N-zaP1-DQdP-hlQT-yooV-KGSjOg" TYPE="lvm2pv" 

  This is quite strange since blkid reads /etc/blkid.tab and reformats
  the file. /etc/blkid.tab is readable for all users:

  $ ls -al /etc/blkid.tab
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663 2008-04-21 17:13 /etc/blkid.tab
  $ cat /etc/blkid.tab
  <device DEVNO="0xfe01" TIME="1208790785" UUID="505a1f5d-8a14-40c7-b873-009b722d3782" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3">/dev/mapper/stein-root</device>
  <device DEVNO="0xfe02" TIME="1208790785" TYPE="swap" UUID="0cf47458-4a05-4b8a-aedf-238d7d047b18">/dev/mapper/stein-swap_1</device>
  <device DEVNO="0x0805" TIME="1208790785" UUID="cdb51a1e-b277-43e3-8130-eb7b992efda2" TYPE="crypt_LUKS">/dev/sda5</device>
  <device DEVNO="0x0801" TIME="1208790785" UUID="2d6fdebf-54bc-4987-a46e-7b3352737b14" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3">/dev/sda1</device>
  <device DEVNO="0xfe00" TIME="1208790785" UUID="nmmiO3-4W3N-zaP1-DQdP-hlQT-yooV-KGSjOg" TYPE="lvm2pv">/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt</device>

  I can reproduce the problem on several installations with Ubuntu Hardy
  and inside a clean VM with Ubuntu Hardy RC1 booted from the Live-CD.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Apr 21 17:14:37 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  Package: e2fsprogs 1.40.8-2ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/+bug/220275/+subscriptions