hdparm problem

[jd1008]

On 03/20/2015 02:55 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 03/20/2015 01:11 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>
>> It seems that setting the master password is not possible.
>> Why is that?
>> Could it be that the command itself has been hacked
>> NOT to change the master password?
>>
>> Time to take a look at the source code :)
>
> Yup. I did take a look at the page Chris cited and it does go into
> things fairly well and describes the master password issue. Yes, all
> examples are in "user" mode, but if it does the job then I don't really
> see any need to go deeper (except to satisfy any morbid curiosity
> streak you may have).
Morbid???
How is it morbid? Why do you have the need to
disparage people's choice of how they want to do things?
If the man page says it should work, I want to try it.
Why is that morbid?