"Michael A. Peters" wrote: [..] Not normally, always. The modify the rpm database. You may be able to do it as non root if you specify a rpm databaseother than the system database, that your user has permission to write to - I haven't tried that, but don't really see the value. [..] <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm2/> although it doesn't specify any advantages gained by having a non-root user "...read and write in the directories under /usr/src/redhat ..." or fedora, whichever the case may be. -- Thufir Hawat -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org
