RPM search as user fails and works with root user
 

Hai all,

We have Linux RHEL 4 Itanium installed on 2 servers.

[oracle@db1 ~]$ uname -a
Linux servername 2.6.9-55.EL #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 16:30:19 EDT 2007 ia64 ia64 ia64 GNU/Linux


Any clue ?

Kai

1. if you want non-root user to be able to run those rpm cmds, you'll want them IN the rpm group.
eg

2. The above may also be the cause of
OR they really don't exist ie are not installed

Thanks Chris.

1.We have the files missing in node 2 too, but the same command works fine in node 2 as non-root user

Kai

There's something seriously messed up with your rpm SW, any user should be able to
I just double checked with a non-priv user on one of my systems; no problem...

Try
I'd also x-check the ownerships, perms & selinux (not on RHEL4 though) settings on both systems for the rpm SW & rpm db
On my RHEL5 & RHEL6 systems, I'd check the /var/lib/rpm dir contents.

See http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...-database.html

NB: do the rebuilddb after checking/setting owners/perms etc.

BTW: you do know RHEL4 went out of regular support in Feb http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ ?

Thanks Chris. I tried rebuilding the RPM, but issue still exists.

Kai

So, did you add the user to the rpm group?

Yes . Chris. I tried the same , but still not working. Wondering what else could be the problem.

Kai

I guess you're going to have to slog through checking the working user against the non-working one..
Check the login files line by line, ownerships, groups, perms, acls ...