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))