Ok, I resorted to downloading the source and figuring it out from there. I changed the pid lockfile to a local file and conf.uid=0. Wild question - will I run into any other issues? There weren't that many checks for conf.uid == 0 so I figure after I go through those I'll be in good shape, yes? Thanks > -----Original Message----- > From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gallie, Keith > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:01 PM > To: yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: do I gotta be root? > > > 1. I was able to create RPMs and use yum-arch to create a > repository and use a local config file. I was happy. Now yum > tells me I have to be root to even do a list. I don't want to > be root. I gotta be root to even get a list? Is there any way > around this? See machinations below... > > 2. Another thing I didn't expect was that I created the > repository in a local work area. I got all sorts of cache errors like > > yum -c $YUM_CONFIG list all > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: experimental > Error - /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/header.info cannot > be found Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on > this system. > > I finally gave in and copied the header.info from where I > yum-arch'ed the repository to the cache directory. Why did I > have to do that? What is supposed to populate the cache area? > > 3. Can anyone recommend a reference? The FAQ, the man pages > and http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/ are not quite enough for me. > > > Thank you > > >>> local config file > > [main] > cachedir=/home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum > debuglevel=2 > errorlevel=2 > logfile=/home/kgallie/YUM/log/yum.log > assumeyes=0 > tolerant=1 > pkgpolicy=newest > exactarch=1 > distroverpkg=redhat-release > exclude=redhat-release autofs kernel kernel-smp > kernel-unsupported kernel-smp-unsupported > > # we expire our metadata in 60 seconds since we deal with > small # repositories and want to ensure that new data is > always pulled down. > metadata_expire=60 > > [stable] > name=experimental > baseurl=file:///home/kgallie/dev/RPMTEST/work/REPO/x86_64 > enabled=1 > > > >>> machinations from #1 > > yum -d 10 -c $YUM_CONFIG list all > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: experimental > CacheDir: /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable > Using cached header.info file > headerinfofn: /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/header.info > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Error deleting cachedb lockfile: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/usr/lib/rpmdb/x86_64-redhat-linux/redhat//__db.001' > localhdrpath= > /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/headers/try_1-0-4.1-2.x86_6 > 4.hdr for > try_1 x86_64 > Cannot download > file:///home/kgallie/dev/RPMTEST/work/REPO/x86_64/headers/try_ > 1-0-4.1-2. > x86_64.hdr in caching only mode or when running as non-root user. > Deleting entry from Available packages > localhdrpath= > /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/headers/try_4-0-3.0-9.x86_6 > 4.hdr for > try_4 x86_64 > Cannot download > file:///home/kgallie/dev/RPMTEST/work/REPO/x86_64/headers/try_ > 4-0-3.0-9. > x86_64.hdr in caching only mode or when running as non-root user. > Deleting entry from Available packages > localhdrpath= > /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/headers/try_2-0-3.0-1.x86_6 > 4.hdr for > try_2 x86_64 > Cannot download > file:///home/kgallie/dev/RPMTEST/work/REPO/x86_64/headers/try_ > 2-0-3.0-1. > x86_64.hdr in caching only mode or when running as non-root user. > Deleting entry from Available packages > localhdrpath= > /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/headers/try_3-0-3.0-1.x86_6 > 4.hdr for > try_3 x86_64 > Cannot download > file:///home/kgallie/dev/RPMTEST/work/REPO/x86_64/headers/try_ > 3-0-3.0-1. > x86_64.hdr in caching only mode or when running as non-root user. > Deleting entry from Available packages > nulist = 0 > uplist = 0 > newlist = 0 > obsoleting = 0 > obsoleted = 0 > Looking in Available Packages: > No Packages Available to List > Looking in Installed Packages: > Name Arch Version > Repo > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > -------- > > yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
