how do I display file permissions of rpm internal contents

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I want to see what permissions the files within an rpm will "have" after the rpm is installed. But without having to install the rpm.

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited May 15 '19 at 15:05

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The --dump option to rpm gives you this information (as well as other information).

rpm -qp --dump "$RPM_PACKAGE_FILENAME"

edited May 15 '19 at 15:05

rogerdpack

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answered Aug 20 '15 at 16:31

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Interesting. `rpm --dump -qp packagename.noarch.rpm` gives me lines like `/home/.../filename 694 1440086385 cdc64eac59d2d1400cabb433e1cd11af 0100750 USER USER 0 0 0 X` perhaps one of those is permissions do you think? – rogerdpack Aug 20 '15 at 17:11
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Yes, the `0100750` bit there. See the man page for the `--dump` option for what all the fields are. – Etan Reisner Aug 20 '15 at 17:13

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 11:37

On CentOS 6 and 7, adding the -l and -v options to -qp seems to be enough:

$ rpm -qpl golang-vet-0-1.0.hgd32b5854c941.el7.x86_64.rpm
/usr/bin/vet
/usr/lib/golang/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/vet
$ rpm -qplv golang-vet-0-1.0.hgd32b5854c941.el7.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root                  5764251 Aug 21  2014 /usr/bin/vet
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root                       12 Aug 21  2014 /usr/lib/golang/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/vet -> /usr/bin/vet
$ rpm --version
RPM version 4.11.3

rogerdpack · Answer 3 · 2019-05-14T22:41:59.063

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Here's a way that shows you permissions "like ls does":

 $ rpm -q --qf "[%-15{=NAME} %-36{FILENAMES} %{FILEMODES:perms}\n]" -p $FILENAME
 FILENAME            /etc/pam.d/sudo                      -rw-r--r--
 FILENAME            /etc/file/name/here                  -rw-r--r--
 ....

ref

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answered Aug 20 '15 at 16:27

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 05 '15 at 13:44

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I just use less. ;) It shows the permissions in ls-style form.

In RedHat-based distros, it seems to pass it to rpm -qpivl --changelog (via /usr/bin/lesspipe.sh)

answered Sep 05 '15 at 13:44

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example please? – rogerdpack Sep 19 '18 at 16:36
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@rogerdpack `less your_rpm_here.rpm`? – Aaron D. Marasco Sep 19 '18 at 21:33
Mine just has some weird control character codes if I do that... :| – rogerdpack May 14 '19 at 22:40
Then I guess you don't have the `lesspipe`; you can use the `rpm` command shown. – Aaron D. Marasco May 14 '19 at 23:05

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 20 '17 at 17:48

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NOTE: This is the same solution than provided by muru (Just confirming it also works on MacOS brew install rpm)

Also works on MacOS (rpm installed via brew)

$ rpm --version
RPM version 4.14.0

$ rpm -qvlp <rpm-packagename>

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answered Nov 20 '17 at 07:47

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how do I display file permissions of rpm internal contents

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