Command to (attempt to) format a disk as non-root

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I am wondering how to make a filesystem as a non-root user, using GNOME 3 (openSUSE Leap 42.3).

~> fallocate -l ### part.bin # Create a sparse file on disk
~> #sudo mkfs -t FSTYPE part.bin # Requires root; how can I do this without root privileges?

I am assuming this is possible because of the implications of an answer regarding accomplishing this formatting in the GUI.

Though sudo can give root privileges to only certain executables, I am looking for a pure non-root solution, requiring no superuser privileges.

Ah, good old PATH variables made me think only root could call those; I didn't even try to call /sbin/mkfs as non-root. — palswim, Mar 12 '18 at 00:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '18 at 00:25

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Though your PATH environment variable may not contain the mkfs or mkfs.* executables, you can still call them as a non-root user.

~> /sbin/mkfs -t FSTYPE part.bin # Does not require root

answered Mar 12 '18 at 00:25

palswim

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Command to (attempt to) format a disk as non-root

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