rpm destination directory

[Aniruddha Saklani <Aniruddha Saklani Sun COM>]

Hi rpm-list members,	
	I have a question regarding rpm and hope I have reached the right place. 
Kindly note I'm not subscribed to this list so please reply directly to me.

environment:
redhat 7.2
# uname -a
Linux coma 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
# rpm --version
RPM version 4.0.3

question:
	I am building an rpm package under a non-root id. The build fails 
because rpm is trying to write the package in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i?86 for 
which I do not have write permissions. The error is -

error: Could not open /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686/apagent-1.1-0.i686.rpm: 
Permission denied

Is there some way I can specify a different destination directory for rpm to 
place the build package ? I couldn't find any related option in the man page or 
how-to. I experimented with --root and --buildroot options but they didn't yield 
anything. Am I missing something ? Is root the only one who can build rpms ?

Thanx for your time and help.

rgds,
Aniruddha.