bug#46630: closed (GNU Parted bug: Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/name)

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Your message dated Fri, 19 Feb 2021 08:53:55 -0800
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and subject line Re: bug#46630: GNU Parted bug: Unable to determine the dm type 
of /dev/mapper/name
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #46630,
regarding GNU Parted bug: Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/name
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> GNU Parted bug: Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/name
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> Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:54:12 -0800
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> Fyi...
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> I get the following error when I run "partprobe /dev/mapper/name" as
> non-root on Ubuntu 20.04.
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> $  partprobe  /dev/mapper/name
> /dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
> Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.167 (2019-11-30) and kernel driver
> (unknown version).
> A bug has been detected in GNU Parted.  Refer to the web site of
> parted http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html for more
> information of what could be useful for bug submitting!  Please email
> a bug report to bug-parted@gnu.org containing at least the version
> (3.3) and the following message:  Unable to determine the dm type of
> /dev/mapper/name.
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> I did not expect partprobe to work as non-root.  But I did expect a
> terse(r) error message.
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> For example, the following error message is expectedly terse.
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> $  partprobe  /dev/sdf
> Error: Error opening /dev/sdf: Permission denied
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> Re: bug#46630: GNU Parted bug: Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/name
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> Date: 
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> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 08:53:55 -0800
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> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 05:54:12PM -0800, Parke wrote:
> > Fyi...
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> > I get the following error when I run "partprobe /dev/mapper/name" as
> > non-root on Ubuntu 20.04.
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> > $  partprobe  /dev/mapper/name
> > /dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
> > Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
> > Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.167 (2019-11-30) and kernel driver
> > (unknown version).
> > A bug has been detected in GNU Parted.  Refer to the web site of
> > parted http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html for more
> > information of what could be useful for bug submitting!  Please email
> > a bug report to bug-parted@gnu.org containing at least the version
> > (3.3) and the following message:  Unable to determine the dm type of
> > /dev/mapper/name.
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> > I did not expect partprobe to work as non-root.  But I did expect a
> > terse(r) error message.
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> > For example, the following error message is expectedly terse.
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> > $  partprobe  /dev/sdf
> > Error: Error opening /dev/sdf: Permission denied
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> The first line says that, the rest provides additional context what can
> sometimes be useful.
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> Brian
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> -- 
> Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
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