Bug 24611 – rpm doesn't give nice errors when trying todo root only ops as non-root

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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

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 49899

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
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Reported:	2001-01-22 12:10 EST by Hans de Goede
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:30 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-08-30 14:14:45 EDT
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Description Hans de Goede 2001-01-22 12:10:14 EST

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 14:12:05 EDT

Collecting rpm needing root problem at #49989

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 49989 ***

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-08-30 14:20:33 EDT

Ooops, that should have been #49899

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

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