rpm won't run as root

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 06:07:37 -0700
"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On 08/16/03 23:55, Keith Morse wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, RedMule.com wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>On one of my RH9 boxes, when I do something like 'rpm -q -a moz*' it
> >
> >>runs fine when logged in as myself. But when I do that as root it
> >hangs. >The process won't even kill unless I use -9.
> >>
> >>Tried '--rebuilddb' but that hangs also when run as root and it
> >can't be >run without permissions.
> >>
> >>Any thoughts?
> 
> As luck would have it, i ran into something similar on one of my RH9
> boxen yesterday.  Any rpm command (root or othewise) would hang, and
> the only thing that would kill it would be a kill -9.  Rebooting the
> box fixed it.
> 

Wow!  Has RH been taking lessons from M$?  I thought only Windows
offered the "reboot fixes all" philosophy.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.