Listing Files in a RPM package

To list the files in an RPM file, we first need to get that file; this will also get the dependencies for us:

shell# yumdownloader --resolve pam_ldap

Once we have the file, list the contents:

shell# rpm -qlp pam_ldap-185-11.el6.x86_64.rpm

/etc/pam_ldap.conf
/etc/pam_ldap.secret
/lib64/security/pam_ldap.so
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/README.TLS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/ldapns.schema
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/ns-pwd-policy.schema
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/chfn/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/chsh/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/ftp/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/gdm
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/halt
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/imap
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/kde
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/linuxconf
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/linuxconf-pair
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/login/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/mcserv
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/other
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/passwd/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/pop
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/poweroff
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/ppp
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/reboot
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/rexec
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/rlogin
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/rsh/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/samba
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/shutdown
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/ssh/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/su/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/vlock
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/xdm
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/xlock
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/xscreensaver
/usr/share/doc/pam_ldap-185/pam.d/xserver
/usr/share/man/man5/pam_ldap.5.gz