linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs] blkid: return cached info on either EPERM or EACCESS

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2008 16:37:30 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs] blkid: return cached info on either EPERM or
	EACCESS

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 02:28:04PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> This is for RH bug #448591: blkid command does not work for unprivileged users
> 
> commit 838f133c72a583eae67414368e46ee0303e0a51f made it so that
> any error except EPERM would flush cached filesystem info, but
> if I run blkid as an unprivileged user on F9, I get EACCES not
> EPERM; I think that in this case, as well, we should continue.

This fix is already in e2fsprogs 1.10.....  what version were you
patching against?

							- Ted
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