From 410078a36c3cdae8754b02f0a5a4068fa3f5f47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:31:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] lsblk: add hint about perms to man page Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- misc-utils/lsblk.8 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 b/misc-utils/lsblk.8 index fac9c6425b..dd2628b3a6 100644 --- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 +++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8 @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ command reads the .B sysfs filesystem and .B udev db -to gather information. +to gather information. If the udev db is not available or lsblk is compiled without udev support than it +tries to read LABELs, UUIDs and filesystem types from the block device. In this case root permissions +are necessary. .PP The command prints all block devices (except RAM disks) in a tree-like format by default. Use -- 2.47.2