On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Joe Zeff <j...@zeff.us> wrote: > On 01/05/2012 02:32 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: >> >> Why? You're*checking* for updates, not actually installing them, so >> >> you shouldn't (and don't, yum will handle it just fine) need root >> permissions. > > > I've had yum complain when I've asked it to list something unless I do it as > root. Interesting that it will do this for a regular user. Nice to know, > if I ever need to check for updates from a CLI.
IIRC, they fixed this a few releases ago. Nowadays, you can do anything with yum that doesn't involve installation/removal/etc. as a normal user. One caveat, though: it requires downloading a new copy of the repository metadata, since for obvious reasons you don't want a normal user to be touching the systemwide copy. -T.C. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
