https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249#c1 Matt Barringer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |lmuelle@suse.com --- Comment #1 from Matt Barringer 2011-08-31 14:13:11 UTC --- It needs root permission to write to the devices. Is there a use-case for running it as a non-root user? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249#c3 --- Comment #3 from Matt Barringer 2011-09-01 09:58:03 UTC --- I'm sorry, I still don't understand what the bug is. The imagewriter is a more restricted version of 'dd', so there's nothing they can do with it without root permission. If the user wants to run it from the command line, they can use 'kdesu imagewriter'. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249#c5 --- Comment #5 from Matt Barringer 2011-09-01 10:45:45 UTC --- But you won't have permission to write directly to /dev/sdX, I would hope. And those devices are what the imagewriter needs to write to. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249#c7 Matt Barringer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --- Comment #7 from Matt Barringer 2011-09-01 12:40:24 UTC --- I'll look into using policykit instead of sudo. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249#c10 Lars Müller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|CLOSED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #10 from Lars Müller 2013-03-22 10:06:43 CET --- As it still exists and the suggested approach to solve the issue wasn't implemented. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715249#c12 Lars Müller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Component|X11 Applications |X11 Applications Version|Factory |Final Resolution|WONTFIX | Product|openSUSE 12.1 |openSUSE 13.1 --- Comment #12 from Lars Müller 2014-05-19 10:08:59 CEST --- Shifting to product openSUSE 13.1. We have to consider if this binary is still of use or if we drop it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.