Hi,
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Roman Czyborra wrote:
> Do you have any good answers to the following questions:
>
> 1. How can I use RPM on a distributed network? I need to install
> software in parallel on a heterogenous network of more than a hundred
> Linux and SunOS hosts with a mix of local and NFS-mounted filesystems.
> rpm -i xyz.rpm works like a charme - but for one single host only.
> Any ideas, solutions, experiences?
Have a look at AutoRPM:
http://www.kaybee.org/~kirk/html/linux.html
> 2. How can I use RPM as a non-superuser? I prefer to use my personal
> account "czyborra" as a member of the admin group instead of working
> anonymously as "root" leaving anonymous traces. RPM often gives me
> permission errors. I cannot even read the database of installed
> packages when I start xrpm: failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm.
> Do I just need to get my permissions straight or is RPM designed to
> run for root only?
I assume, you need to be root to properly install packages. Anything else
(querying the database or building packages) should work without root
privileges.
> 3. Why does http://www.rpm.org/ still point to
> http://www.redhat.com/support/mailing-lists/archives/rpm-list/ instead
> of http://archive.redhat.com/rpm-list/ and why doesn't it inform me
> about http://www.gmsys.com/xrpm.html and
> http://www.daa.com.au/~james/gnome/#GnoRPM?
Sorry - can't tell :)
Bye,
LenZ
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