install rpm\\\'s as root or ...? was Re: Custom Kernel Creation Documentation Online

[THUFIR HAWAT (thufir)]

"Michael A. Peters" wrote:
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Not normally, always. The modify the rpm database.
You may be able to do it as non root if you specify a rpm databaseother than the system database, that your user has permission to write to - I haven't tried that, but don't really see the value.
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<http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm2/>

although it doesn't specify any advantages gained by having a non-root user "...read and write in the directories under /usr/src/redhat ..." or fedora, whichever the case may be.

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