filesystem package installs fails with "/usr/local: cpio: chown failed - Operation not permitted".
Issue
Yum and rpm install command fails for package "filesystem"
Error: /usr/local: cpio: chown failed - Operation not permitted.
[root@gridsrv ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, rhnplugin, security
Skipping security plugin, no data
filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : filesystem 1/2
Error unpacking rpm package filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local: cpio: chown
Failed:
filesystem.i386 0:2.4.0-3.el5
Complete!
[root@gridsrv
tmp]# rpm -Uvvvh filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm
D: ==============
filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm
D: Expected size: 1038019 =
lead(96)+sigs(344)+pad(0)+data(1037579)
D: Actual size:
1038019
D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D:
opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D:
locked db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening db index
/var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys rdonly mode=0x0
D: read h# 733 Header
sanity check: OK
D: ========== DSA pubkey id 53268101 37017186
(h#733)
D: filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature:
OK, key ID 37017186
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Name
rdonly mode=0x0
D: read h# 2 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key
ID 37017186
D: added binary package [0]
D: found 0 source
and 1 binary packages
D: ========== +++ filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5
i386/linux 0x0
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Depends
create mode=0x0
D: Requires: rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <=
3.0.4-1 YES (rpmlib provides)
D: Requires:
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 YES (rpmlib provides)
D:
Requires: rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 YES (rpmlib
provides)
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Providename
rdonly mode=0x0
D: read h# 801 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key
ID 37017186
D: Requires: setup >= 2.5.4-1
YES (db provides)
D: opening db index
/var/lib/rpm/Conflictname rdonly mode=0x0
D: ========== ---
filesystem-2.4.0-2 i386/linux 0x0
D: opening db index
/var/lib/rpm/Requirename rdonly mode=0x0
D: read h# 3 Header
V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: Requires: filesystem
YES (added provide)
D: read h#
323 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: Requires:
filesystem >= 2.2.4-1 YES (added provide)
D:
read h# 350 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D:
Requires: filesystem >= 2.1.4-1 YES (added
provide)
D: read h# 430 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID
37017186
D: Requires: filesystem >= 2.0.1
YES (added provide)
D: read h# 1379 Header V3 DSA signature:
OK, key ID 37017186
D: Requires: filesystem >= 2.1.0
YES (added provide)
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Depends
D: ========== recording tsort relations
D:
========== tsorting packages (order, #predecessors, #succesors, tree,
depth, breadth)
D: 0 0 0 1 1 0
-filesystem-2.4.0-2.i386
D: ========== successors only (0 bytes)
D:
1 0 0 0 1 1 +filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386
D:
installing binary packages
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Conflictname
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Providename
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Requirename
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Name
D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D:
closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening db
environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening db index
/var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
D: mounted filesystems:
D:
i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point
D:
0 0x00000801 4096 1418844 2236986 /
D: 1
0x00000003 4096 0 -1 /proc
D: 2
0x00000000 4096 0 -1 /sys
D: 3
0x0000000c 4096 0 -1 /dev/pts
D: 4
0x00000802 4096 412299 523612 /var
D: 5
0x00000013 4096 129388 129387 /dev/shm
D: 6
0x00000014 4096 0 -1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
D:
7 0x00000015 4096 0 -1
/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
D: 8 0x00000021 65536 12282240
25269876 /all/gridware
D: 9 0x00000022 65536 938358
16903023 /usr/local
D: sanity checking 2 elements
D: opening
db index /var/lib/rpm/Name create mode=0x42
D: read h#
2 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: running
pre-transaction scripts
D: computing 15336 file fingerprints
Preparing...
D: computing file dispositions
D: opening db index
/var/lib/rpm/Basenames create mode=0x42
D: read h# 211
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 212
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 337
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 341
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 350
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 372
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 596
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 597
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 633
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 650
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 683
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 691
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 869
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 886
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 939
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 952
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1021
Header SHA1 digest: OK (f9e9bedaf16a4dc4b3c692b2fb477e946b6eb2e7)
D:
read h# 1050 Header SHA1 digest: OK
(9dcaecdaa4de70e9519e131679738c4d816ee302)
D: read h# 1124
Header SHA1 digest: OK (66106d837c8a8ac297e7059906be1915254d18b2)
D:
read h# 1125 Header SHA1 digest: OK
(8eba39c2121a3093483380b142effced272ba41c)
D: read h# 1126
Header SHA1 digest: OK (32e9491f2e2aea56c15fb2a96f1bd39520a5b870)
D:
read h# 1128 Header SHA1 digest: OK
(82ac7cdfe2a6b05adb424b8c014ddfa30cf42585)
D: read h# 1152
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1166
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1204
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1205
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1212
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1325
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1339
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1361
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: read h# 1378
Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
###########################################
[100%]
D: ========== +++ filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5 i386-linux 0x0
D:
Expected size: 1038019 = lead(96)+sigs(344)+pad(0)+data(1037579)
D:
Actual size: 1038019
D: filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5: Header V3
DSA signature: OK, key ID 37017186
D: install:
filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5 has 14109 files, test = 0
D: opening db
index /var/lib/rpm/Triggername create mode=0x42
1:filesystem D: ========== Directories not explicitly
included in package:
D: 0 /
D: ==========
D: fini
040755 20 ( 0, 0) 0 /
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0,
0) 0 /bin
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/boot
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /dev
D: fini
040755 8 ( 0, 0) 0 /etc
D: fini 040755 5 (
0, 0) 0 /etc/X11
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0)
0 /etc/X11/applnk
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/etc/X11/serverconfig
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/etc/X11/sysconfig
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/etc/opt
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /etc/pki
D:
fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /etc/skel
D: fini
040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /etc/sysconfig
D: fini 040755
2 ( 0, 0) 0 /etc/xinetd.d
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0,
0) 0 /home
D: fini 040755 3 ( 0, 0) 0
/lib
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /lib/modules
D:
fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /media
D: fini
040755 4 ( 0, 0) 0 /mnt
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0,
0) 0 /opt
D: fini 040555 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/proc
D: fini 040750 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /root
D: fini
040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /sbin
D: fini 040755 2 (
0, 0) 0 /selinux
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0)
0 /srv
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /sys
D:
fini 041777 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /tmp
D: fini 040755
12 ( 0, 0) 0 /usr
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0)
0 /usr/bin
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/usr/etc
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /usr/games
D:
fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0 /usr/include
D: fini
040755 8 ( 0, 0) 0 /usr/lib
D: fini 040755 2 (
0, 0) 0 /usr/lib/X11
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0)
0 /usr/lib/games
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/usr/lib/gcc-lib
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/usr/lib/locale
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/usr/lib/sse2
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/usr/lib/tls
D: fini 040755 2 ( 0, 0) 0
/usr/libexec
D: fini 040755 11 ( 0, 0) 0 /usr/local
GZDIO: 1 reads, 8192 total bytes in 0.000132 secs
###########################################
[100%]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local: cpio: chown failed - Operation not permitted
D: ========== ---
filesystem-2.4.0-2 i386-linux 0x0
D: running post-transaction
scripts
D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Triggername
D:
closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Basenames
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Name
D: closed db index
/var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed db environment
/var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: May free Score board((nil))
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
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