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authorKarel Zak2012-01-11 15:45:36 +0100
committerKarel Zak2012-01-11 15:45:36 +0100
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parentlosetup: move xgetpass() to lib/xgetpass.c (diff)
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losetup: add note about non-root users to losetup.8
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/losetup.8 b/sys-utils/losetup.8
index 3d407217a..a68836ed0 100644
--- a/sys-utils/losetup.8
+++ b/sys-utils/losetup.8
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
.IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"
-show status of all loop devices
+show status of all loop devices. Note that not all information are accessible
+for non-root users.
.IP "\fB\-c, \-\-set-capacity\fP \fIloopdev\fP
force loop driver to reread size of the file associated with the specified loop device
.IP "\fB\-d, \-\-detach\fP \fIloopdev\fP..."