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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Date: 7 Jul 2024 03:25:47 GMT
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 01:31:41 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <v6cr5s$1kfb$1@dont-email.me>:

> On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 22:58:05 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
> 
>> How would you _not_ run gparted as root, Perfessor?
> 
> From the OP:
> 
>    m70t [jvs] /home/jvs > gparted
>    bash: /tmp/gtk_errs: Permission denied
> 
> That’s not running as root now, is it?

Yes, and that's the problem.

GPARTED(8)               GParted Manual              GPARTED(8)

NAME
       gparted  -  GNOME Partition Editor for manipulating disk
       partitions.

SYNOPSIS
       gparted [device]...

DESCRIPTION
       The gparted application is the  GNOME  partition  editor
       for  creating,  reorganizing,  and  deleting disk parti‐
       tions.
 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I don't know of many distributions set up to edit disk partitions
without running as root -- though it is possible, it's not very
likely.

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