On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> rpm is happier to run on behalf of the administrative user ("root"),
> because it wants to be able to write to /var/lib/rpm to keep track of
> what it has installed. If you like your user to be able to run it, give
> your user permission to write in /var/lib/packages/rpm and the files
> there.
>
Erm. If you are trying to do rpm -i ... then you will need to write to
/usr/bin, amongst other places, so you will need to be root.
--
Mike Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
-- Muad'dib [Frank Herbert, "Dune"]
