running hddtemp sensor as non-root

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Zach Carter escribió:

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> On my FC7 system, hddtemp runs as a daemon as root, but you can query it as a regular user.
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> [carter at hoth ~]$ hddtemp /dev/sda
> /dev/sda: ST3160827AS: 46°C
> [carter at hoth ~]$ id
> uid=500(carter) gid=500(carter) groups=12(mail),500(carter),501(workplace)
> [carter at hoth ~]$ 
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> Why do you need to run it as root?
When i try to run as normal user I got an error: cant open /dev/hda
I also have hddtemp running as daemon, but I guess sensors plugin doesnt 
query the daemon, but tries to run directly /usr/sbin/hddtemp.

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