Bug 33257 - only root can read rpm database after update to rpm 4.0.2
Summary: only root can read rpm database after update to rpm 4.0.2
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-03-26 16:05 UTC by Bobby de Vos
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-03-26 16:05:09 UTC
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Description Bobby de Vos 2001-03-26 16:05:06 UTC 
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Upgraded to
  rpm-4.0.2-6x
  rpm-build-4.0.2-6x
  rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x
  rpm-python-4.0.2-6x
  db3-3.1.17-4.6x
  popt-1.6.2-6x

As root, I could run
   rpm -q rpm
but not as a user. I fixed the problem by running
    chmod 644  /var/lib/rpm/*


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -ivh db3-3.1.17-4.6x.i386.rpm
2. rpm -Fvh rpm-*4.0.2*
3. rpm -Fvh popt-1.6.2-6x.i386.rpm 
4. rpm --rebuilddb
5. rpm -q rpm # as a user fails
	

Actual Results:  error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission
denied (13)


Expected Results:  rpm-4.0.2-6x
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-03-26 16:15:00 UTC 
Check root's umask setting,  rpm does not do anything special with directory or
file permissions, other than to sugeest default values of 755 and 644, but those
values are modified by the umask in operation at the time.
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