Querying the RPM database is harder than I’d expect. I was having trouble with cups, and so I thought I’d verify the package, in case some file was missing or had the wrong permissions:
[root@tempest ~] rpm -V cups .M....... c /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf [root@tempest ~]
Okay, so the permissions on that file might be wrong. What are they supposed to be? Not so easy to find out. I finally found the following:
[root@tempest ~] rpm -qvl cups | grep /etc/cups/sub -rw-r--r-- 1 root lp 0 Nov 6 06:42 /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf [root@tempest ~]
and what is that file currently?
[root@tempest cups] ls -l /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf -rw-r-----. 1 root lp 564 Feb 1 13:36 /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf
Okay, so if I change that, the package will complete verify, right?
[root@tempest cups] ls -l /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf -rw-r-----. 1 root lp 564 Feb 1 13:36 /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf [root@tempest cups] chmod 644 !$ chmod 644 /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf [root@tempest cups] rpm -V cups [root@tempest cups]
Okay! Not that that fixed my problem….
