>> $ 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? No. There are a variety of reasons why this might fail. There's more than one value for errno returned. >Does rpm have the capability to inherently know that its a permission problem? errno is set, its just a matter of using it in the error message. >Can you assume that every rpm installation in use requires root? This is actually a good point. rpm should check the uid to see if its root. If not print a warning that there may be permission problems and re-run as root to avoid this warning. This patch has been on my todo list for a while. -Steve Grubb _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush
