I think there is enough information to confirm that you cannot get the hard drive temp without being root. I haven't been able to verify yet if this is the proper functionality though. It seems that setting the +s flag will allow a non-root user to work around the issue
** Changed in: hddtemp (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Cannot get hard drive temperature as non root user with hddtemp in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs