 | | | sudo not working | sudo not working 2007-07-19 - By Ray Van Dolson
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:54:16AM -0700, Dave Martini 1 wrote:
> I want to install an rpm as a regular user. As root I used visudo to
> edit the /etc/sudoers file and added this entry:
>
> martini1 ALL=(root) /bin/rpm
>
> I then ran this
>
> # :/home/martini1[34]% sudo -l
> Password:
> User martini1 may run the following commands on this host:
> (root) /bin/rpm
>
> But I can't install an rpm when I do I get this error what am I doing wrong?
>
> # rpm -ivh opera-8 (See http://era-8.ora-code.com).50-20050916.5-shared-qt.i386-en.rpm
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Dumb question, but are you running:
% sudo rpm -ivh opera-8 (See http://era-8.ora-code.com).50-20050916.5-shared-qt.i386-en.rpm
Or just rpm by itself?
Ray
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