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runs sudo commands #1

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lucasduffey opened this issue Jan 15, 2017 · 1 comment

lucasduffey commented Jan 15, 2017 •

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running the script triggers the user for root password because it's running a command with sudo

# eventually calls "sudo dd if=/path/to/filesystem status=none skip=2 count=2 | hexdump -Cv"
sb = get_superblock(device, skip)

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skeledrew commented Jan 24, 2017

Yes, dd requires sudo permissions when accessing a physical device even if it's only for reading.

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