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OL/Exadata: Command #rpm -qa Getting "error: cannot open Packages index using db5 - Permission denied (13)" (Doc ID 2981256.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 19, 2023

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

When executing the $rpm -qa command as a normal user gets an error, whereas with the root user no error. Exadata systems need this command to be executed(via $dcli) as a DB user to query RPM details.

Non-Exadata System:

Cause

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