06-12-2010
There are so many things that could be wrong... Keeping in mind that there is very little information for anyone on this forum to work with.
If the application is for users, but requires root to execute, then it was poorly written. Not to be mean, it's just a fact.
Another possibility is the RPM was not built properly. Of course, root installs the RPM, but that doesn't mean the application/executables have to be owned by root.
If you're stuck with it, then install/configure "sudo". The application may run as expected, but I suspect there are issues with the application itself.
Some questions to ponder: Was the application developed to run as root? If not, why is root required now?
If it worked prior to the RPM build, what changed? Compare permissions/ownership...
Hope some of this helps...
:-)
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rpm2cpio
rpm2cpio(1) User Commands rpm2cpio(1)
NAME
rpm2cpio - convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive
SYNOPSIS
rpm2cpio [file.rpm]
DESCRIPTION
The rpm2cpio utility converts the .rpm file specified as its sole argument to a cpio archive on standard output. (See NOTES.) If no argu-
ment is given, an rpm stream is read from standard input. In both cases, rpm2cpio will fail and print a usage message if the standard out-
put is a terminal. Therefore, the output is usually redirected to a file or piped through the cpio(1) utility.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Converting an rpm file
example% rpm2cpio Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm | cpio -itv
CPIO archive found!
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
31 blocks
Example 2: Converting from standard input
example% rpm2cpio < Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm | cpio -itv
CPIO archive found!
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
31 blocks
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWrpm |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cpio(1), attributes(5)
NOTES
rpm2cpio handles versions 3 and 4 RPMs.
SunOS 5.10 20 Aug 2001 rpm2cpio(1)