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-rw-r--r--disk-utils/fdisk.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.c b/disk-utils/fdisk.c
index fa7f248cc..bfe3fe3b5 100644
--- a/disk-utils/fdisk.c
+++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ enum {
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- int i, c, act = ACT_FDISK;
+ int rc, i, c, act = ACT_FDISK;
int colormode = UL_COLORMODE_UNDEF;
struct fdisk_context *cxt;
@@ -920,7 +920,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
fdisk_info(cxt, _("Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.\n"
"Be careful before using the write command.\n"));
- if (fdisk_context_assign_device(cxt, argv[optind], 0) != 0)
+ rc = fdisk_context_assign_device(cxt, argv[optind], 0);
+ if (rc == -EACCES) {
+ rc = fdisk_context_assign_device(cxt, argv[optind], 1);
+ if (rc == 0)
+ fdisk_warnx(cxt, _("Device open in read-only mode."));
+ }
+ if (rc)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), argv[optind]);
fflush(stdout);