Re: root cannot use rpm, yum...

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On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 12:32, François Patte wrote:
> Selon Mike Klinke <lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > On Monday 16 August 2004 07:00, François Patte wrote:
> >
> > > If I use the command
> > >
> > > yum update
> > >
> > > as a normal user, it works untill I have to be root to perform the
> > > operation. If do the same as root yum hangs and I have to kill the
> > > process...
> > >
> > > Who cold give me some information?
> > >
> >
> > How are you getting "root"?  Are you using "su"?  If so try either
> > logging in as root at the initial login or use "su -" to be sure you
> > have set up root's environment and see if that makes a difference.
> 
> I use "su -", but the problem is the same with "su" only
> 
> Regards.
> 
> --
> François Patte
> 
> Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient - Pune - Inde
> Université René Descartes - Paris 5
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
Paths and permissions are usually the only issues. I know though if
there is another "bad" rpm program or script this can cause issues also.

I would suggest trying /bin/rpm and /usr/bin/rpm to see if this gives
any clues.
-- 
jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>



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