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#1 2008-03-09 22:27:36

Demon
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From: Republic of Srpska, BA
Registered: 2008-03-02
Posts: 246

[SOLVED] hddtemp /dev/sda: Permission denied

Hello everybody!

When I try to see my HDD temperature with hddtemp I get this:

hddtemp /dev/sda
/dev/sda: open: Permission denied

If I run the command as root it works. Where seems to be the problem? Why can't I see HDD temperature as normal user?

Thanks

Last edited by Demon (2011-06-15 16:59:48)

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#2 2008-03-09 22:48:46

Demon
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From: Republic of Srpska, BA
Registered: 2008-03-02
Posts: 246

Re: [SOLVED] hddtemp /dev/sda: Permission denied

I've solved this for now by adding hddtemp in /etc/sudoers. But still I can't understand why Arch wont let disk access...

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#3 2008-03-09 22:50:25

peart
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From: Kanuckistan
Registered: 2003-07-28
Posts: 510

Re: [SOLVED] hddtemp /dev/sda: Permission denied

/dev/sd* are in group 'disk'.  Adding your user to that group should fix the problem.

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#4 2008-03-09 23:17:10

Demon
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From: Republic of Srpska, BA
Registered: 2008-03-02
Posts: 246

Re: [SOLVED] hddtemp /dev/sda: Permission denied

Hi.
I already did that, still the same.

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#5 2008-03-10 04:37:07

schivmeister
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From: Singapore
Registered: 2007-05-17
Posts: 971
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Re: [SOLVED] hddtemp /dev/sda: Permission denied

it needs root perm


I need real, proper pen and paper for this.

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