Bug 1236308

Summary:	dnf repository-packages always requires root privileges
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	kealthou
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	rpm-software-management
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	22	CC:	jsilhan, jzeleny, mluscon, packaging-team-maint, pnemade, tim.lauridsen, vmukhame, zbyszek
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Description kealthou 2015-06-27 15:10:13 UTC

Description of problem:
dnf repository-packages requires root privileges even when they're not needed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dnf-1.0.1-2.fc22.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf repository-packages fedora list

Actual results:
Error: This command has to be run under the root user.


Expected results:
It lists all packages from the fedora repository.

Comment 1 Honza Silhan 2015-06-30 09:35:01 UTC

Thanks for the report. `repository-packages` subcommands should have separate root user demands. (they actually have on the code level - the bug is somewhere else)

Comment 2 Michal Domonkos 2016-01-19 14:26:48 UTC

*** Bug 1298248 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2016-07-08 09:33:59 UTC

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 4 Fedora End Of Life 2016-07-19 20:48:20 UTC

Fedora 22 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2016-07-19. Fedora 22 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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