Bug 5352 - rpm -q not available to non-root users
Summary: rpm -q not available to non-root users
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-09-24 22:15 UTC by Chris Runge
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-09-24 23:11:04 UTC
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Description Chris Runge 1999-09-24 22:15:58 UTC 
Under Lorax 6.0.80 non-root users can no longer rpm -q
packages:

$ rpm -q kernel
failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

rpmQuery: rpmdbOpen() failed

This is with rpm-3.0.3-0.32 installed
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-09-24 23:11:59 UTC 
Check perms on /var/lib/rpm/* files. If they are 000, this problem
(naively believing what the installer passes for permissions) has
been fixed. Otherwise, please reopen this bug.
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