Interesting error emitted by gparted

[Ed Greshko]

On 10/22/2015 03:21 AM, jd1008 wrote:
> # gparted
> Failed to execute operation: Access denied
> ======================
> libparted : 3.2
> ======================
>
> I did not perform any operations, and no operations were pending.
> There are 3 drives: sda sdb sdc
>
> Selecting File->quit
>
> belches out
> Failed to execute operation: Access denied
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this?

Since I don't use gparted, I'll leave it to you to do more debugging and
potentially file a BZ.

The problem is selinux related.

root at meimei ~]# gparted
Failed to execute operation: Access denied
======================
libparted : 3.2
======================
Failed to execute operation: Access denied

[root at meimei ~]# setenforce 0

[root at meimei ~]# gparted
======================
libparted : 3.2
======================


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