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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/73811 Title: fdisk -l as normal user should give output To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/73811/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs