On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Bob Hartung wrote:
> Mikkel,
> Geeze are you glued to your monitor? Yes I am root when I
> get this error. I think I really hosed things.
>
No, I am fighting a cold, and I am sleeping a couple of hours at a time -
when I wake up, I take a look at my mail to take my mind off my cold.
I wish I was thinking clearer - it sounds like you have another program
that has the database open, but I can't remember the command to find
it. The RPM data base only allows one program to assess it at a time
because of the way it is normaly opened. You can try the lsof command, if
you have it installed, and see if it gives you what program has the data
base open.
>
> By the way, I got my apache server up with a modicum of
> security and can now access it from work for testing
> purposes.
>
> Bob
>
I am glad to hear it. It can be a lot of fun having your own server!
>
> "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Bob Hartung wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am trying to uninstall rhs-print-filters and printtool
> > > so I can try the cups printing system. Somehow I have a
> > > problem with the rpm database and cannot lock the it. Is
> > > there a way to fix the rpm database from the command line?
> > >
> > > I tried 'rpm --rebuilddb' and received the error 'cannot
> > > get shared lock on database'. It sounds to me , with my
> > > limited experience in linux, that there is a lock file
> > > hanging around -- but where?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > Dumb question - are you logged in as root when trying this?
> >
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