Bug 24611 - rpm doesn't give nice errors when trying todo root only ops as non-root
Summary: rpm doesn't give nice errors when trying todo root only ops as non-root
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 49899
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-01-22 17:10 UTC by Hans de Goede
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-08-30 18:14:45 UTC
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Description Hans de Goede 2001-01-22 17:10:14 UTC 
It gives: unable to open rpm database.

I have seen many newbies been surprised by this an error saying root rights
are required for this would be a lott nicer.
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-08-30 18:12:05 UTC 
Collecting rpm needing root problem at #49989

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 49989 ***
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-08-30 18:20:33 UTC 
Ooops, that should have been #49899

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 49899 ***
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