https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755837 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755837#c4 Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dimstar@opensuse.org --- Comment #4 from Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> 2012-07-22 17:03:57 UTC --- This bug is not directly gparted, but rather the various 'sudo' implementations. # su - # gparted => gparted can access the menu to format all kind of file systems # gnomesu gparted (which is used by xdg-su in a gnome sessioon) => gparted can only create unformatted and hfs partitions The formatting tools can be found in /usr/sbin, which is not in $PATH for normal users. gnomesu passed the normal env. to the called (no path extension). su - changes the environment to be 'clean root', incl. the new path variables. HFS can be formatted, as hformat is located in /usr/bin -- 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.