From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18q1yu-0003Qq-00 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:16:36 -0500 Received: from localhost (wb2flw.octothorp.org [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h242GWF3008659 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 02:16:32 GMT Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:16:32 -0700 (MST) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: More Problems Installing Speakup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Jude: please tell the group why you think your advice below has any value what so ever! An rpm package file is used as input to the rpm command. As long as the file can be read, and if you're root you can read any file no matter who owns it, the package will be installed, assuming all other criteria for the installation are met. -- Bill in Denver On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Jude DaShiell wrote: > When you changed accounts to root, did you also change ownership on that > rpm package to root before attempting the install? chown root > filename.rpm will do it. > >