Interesting error emitted by gparted

[Cameron Simpson]

On 21Oct2015 13:21, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> 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?

selinux?

Does strace shed any light on what it was doing just before the error?

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>