Hi, I have RedHat 9.0 Version: psa v6.0.2_build031023.13 os_RedHat 9.0 OS: Linux 2.4.20-30.9INLDSmpIPvsDs My rpm-database is broken. Things like querying work fine, but installation and upgrade are impossible. =============== Example 1: [root@ns downloads]# rpm -Uvh jhead-2.4-2.i386.rpm error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm =============== =============== Example 2: [root@ns downloads]# yum update Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Atomic Rocket Turtle - 9 - Atomic PSA Server: Atomic Rocket Turtle - 9 - Atomic PSA 6.0 Server: Red Hat Linux 9 base Server: Fedora Legacy utilities for Red Hat Linux 9 Server: Red Hat Linux 9 updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Resolving dependencies error: db4 error(13) from db->close: Permission denied error: db4 error(13) from db->close: Permission denied Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [update: pam-devel 0.75-62.10.legacy.i386] [update: nfs-utils 1.0.1-3.9.1.legacy.i386] [update: libtiff 3.5.7-11.2.legacy.i386] [update: sudo 1.6.6-3.2.legacy.i386] [update: cvs 1.11.2-25.legacy.i386] [update: qt 1:3.1.1-8.legacy.i386] [update: pam 0.75-62.10.legacy.i386] Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages Running test transaction: error: db4 error(13) from db->close: Permission denied error: db4 error(13) from db->close: Permission denied Test transaction complete, Success! error: db4 error(13) from db->close: Permission denied error: db4 error(13) from db->close: Permission denied error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm Updated: pam-devel 0.75-62.10.legacy.i386 nfs-utils 1.0.1-3.9.1.legacy.i386 libtiff 3.5.7-11.2.legacy.i386 sudo 1.6.6-3.2.legacy.i386 cvs 1.11.2-25.legacy.i386 qt 1:3.1.1-8.legacy.i386 pam 0.75-62.10.legacy.i386 Transaction(s) Complete [root@ns downloads]# ================== If I run rpm -qa there is no db3* listings.. these are some of the possible relative results: db4-devel-4.0.14-20 db4-4.0.14-20 db4-utils-4.0.14-20 rpm-4.2-0.69 rpm-devel-4.2-0.69 rpm-build-4.2-0.69 rpm-python-4.2-0.69 yum-2.0.7-1.rh90.art up2date-3.1.23.2-1RedHat9Stocki386.2 mysql-4.0.21-2.rh90.art These are the things I have tried to fix it: ============================================== First I backed up [root@ns root]# cd /var/lib [root@ns root]# mkdir rpm-backup [root@ns root]# rsync -av ./rpm/. ./rpm-backup/. Second, remove the files which hold lock state information [root@ns root]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* [root@ns root]# nl /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit | grep rpm 556 rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* Third, I then ran: [root@ns root]# rpm -vv --rebuilddb It created a temporary directory to work in at: /var/lib/, next to the 'parent' one at: /var/lib/rpm/ and attempts a rebuild. As it gets to the very bottom of the rebuild, it attempted to replace the new content over top of the old files. It failed to replace old database with new database. Thus it also failed to remove directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979: Stating: Directory not empty this is what I got at the end of the process... D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: removed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Pubkeys D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Filemd5s D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Sha1header D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Sigmd5 D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Installtid D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Provideversion D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Requireversion D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Dirnames D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Triggername D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Conflictname D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Providename D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Requirename D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Group D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Basenames D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Name D: closed db index /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Packages D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Packages D: removed db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979/Packages error: failed to replace old database with new database! error: replace files in /var/lib/rpm with files from /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979 to recoverD: removing directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979 error: failed to remove directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.4979: Directory not empty D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages Forth, I ran a check [root@ns root]# cd /var/lib [root@ns root]# du | sort -n this is part of the result: 26588 ./rpmrebuilddb.4979 26588 ./rpmrebuilddb.9956 28636 ./rpm 28932 ./rpm-backup I also ran df to check for a space issue.. [root@ns lib]# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 117575692 17061596 94541532 16% / /dev/hda1 124427 8944 109059 8% /boot none 511020 0 511020 0% /dev/shm I then tried: [root@ns lib]# cd /var/lib/rpm [root@ns rpm]# /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages [root@ns rpm]# as there was no result... I presume all is ok with the rpmdb_verify Packages ..?? but if I run [root@ns rpm]# db_verify Packages db_verify: Old or incorrect DB version; extraneous errors may result db_verify: DB->verify: Packages: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed If I run [root@ns rpm]# rpm -Va The only potential issue I saw was: Unsatisfied dependencies for mysql-server-4.0.20-art.2: mysql = 4.0.20 I get loads of missing perl... missing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/...... missing /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/...... yet... [root@ns rpm]# perl -v This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i686-linux This I beleive was a hangover from attempting to install interchange last year. Summary: I am not sure on how to sort out this issue... I hope one of you can help!
