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From: justin <jlec@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] RFC: iotop needs to run as root after kernel change
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:33:58
Message-Id: 4F7BEB09.9010108@gentoo.org
1 Hi,
2
3 after this change
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5 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
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7 iotop cannot be used as user anymore.
8 Any suggestions how to proceed?
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10 The solution I see are
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12 1.
13 Leave it to root (Fedora and Suses way)
14 2.
15 suid it (bad in my view)
16 3.
17 file capabilities (can this be done with portage)
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19 Please comment and help me with the right proceeding.
20
21 justin

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