Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:17:14 +0100 | From | Jan Kara <> | Subject | Why is FIBMAP ioctl root only? |
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Hi,
I guess subject says it all - why is FIBMAP ioctl restricted only to root (CAP_SYS_RAWIO)? Corresponding ioctl for XFS is allowed without any special capabilities so we are inconsistent here too... Would anyone mind if the check is removed?
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