Why is FIBMAP ioctl root only?
- From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:17:14 +0100
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?
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SuSE CR Labs
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