-----Original Message-----
From: Jasmeet S. Virdi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 4:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ilugd]: Can't install rpm from telnet
>hi folx,
> i have access to a linux box thru telnet and FTP and was thinking of
>upgrading the box thru this medium only. But as i recently discovered, this
>is not so easy. When ever i try to install an rpm package (on a REDHAT 8.0
>system) thru telnet, it gives me the following error, Any pointers !!!
>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
You obviously dont have a Super User access to the linux box. You need to
be root to be able to install packages.
-prateek
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