On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 12:02:52 +0900, Naoki <naoki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When doing something with rpm that should really be done as root could > it please say for example > "error: can't create transaction lock, do you need to be root", or maybe > a permission problem message instead of : > > $ rpm -e kernel-2.6.5-1.358 kernel-2.6.8-1.541 > error: can't create transaction lock Doesn't this assume that ALL transaction lock problems are permissions related? Can you assume that? Does rpm have the capability to inherently know that its a permission problem? Can you assume that every rpm installation in use requires root? -jef"goes off to play with his self-compiled rpm installation he uses with a normal user account on a system where he doesn't have full adminstration access, but where he has to manage a subset of specialized software for a small group of users inside the 1000+ userbase of the large system"spaleta
