On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:30:13 +0530, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > it works; if I try the same command as root: no answer and I have to kill the > process (Ctrl-C doesn't work) > > 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... Sounds like an RPM or YUM process didn't finish right. Could always try rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* -d