Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:54:51 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Why is FIBMAP ioctl root only? |
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:17:14 +0100 Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
> 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?
It would be great if it was but it involves a *lot* of work.
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