[Bug 73811] Re: fdisk -l as normal user should give output

[Hans Joachim Desserud]

I don't  know when it changed over the years, but fdisk on Ubuntu 16.04 and later gives me the following result:
$ fdisk -l
fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  fdisk -l as normal user should give output

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If I run fdisk -l as a regular user, there is no output:

  freddy at freddy-testing:~$ fdisk -l
  freddy at freddy-testing:~$

  I believe there should be output that says something like apt does to
  tell the user to be sudo.

  freddy at freddy-testing:~$ apt-get install gaim
  E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
  E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

  Also, i tried to put this bug under the package "fdisk" but LP says no
  suck package exists, even though I searched for fdisk in the search
  form.

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