Ubuntu
gnome-disk-utility package

  1. Bug #743927
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 743927

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Carey Underwood (cwillu) wrote : Re: palimpsest do not give smart information to current user for usb connected sata hard drives

Confirmed; doesn't seem to be a simple matter of root privilege though, but rather some missing plumbing when the device is connected via USB.