On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:31 AM, R P Herrold <herr...@owlriver.com> wrote: > ehh? looks like a conventional cpio / compression mismatch problem so far > ... rpm emits this error when, for example, it is presented with xz > compression (which compression was added to SOME rpms during 5's lifespan)
The problem described in the URL really only occurs when *building* packages, not when *installing* packages. It isn't even the same error. Anyway, if a package coming from RHN was incorrectly compressed for that platform, then there are even more serious problems afoot. I don't believe this is the case. This kind of 'cpio' error happens exactly as described if you 'chattr +i /usr/sbin/sshd' and run 'yum reinstall openssh-server'. It can also happen if /usr/sbin/sshd is a directory. I'd be very careful and check out that file, and I agree the system could be compromised. -- Jonathan Billings <jsbil...@umich.edu> College of Engineering - CAEN - Unix and Linux Support _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
