root cannot use rpm, yum...

Mike Klinke lsomike at futzin.com
Mon Aug 16 13:43:45 UTC 2004


On Monday 16 August 2004 07:00, François Patte wrote:
 
> If I use the command
>
> yum update
>
> as a normal user, it works untill I have to be root to perform the
> operation. If do the same as root yum hangs and I have to kill the
> process...
>
> Who cold give me some information?
>
 
How are you getting "root"?  Are you using "su"?  If so try either 
logging in as root at the initial login or use "su -" to be sure you 
have set up root's environment and see if that makes a difference.

Regards,  Mike Klinke





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