Hi all,
apologies if this isn't the right place to post. I installed the RedHat 9 RPMs from sourceforge (followed the link from winehq.org -> downloads) and discovered that the permissions on /usr/lib/wine and /usr/share/wine (the directories, not their contents) were 700, which prevented normal users from using Wine. I changed the permissions so it's not a problem for this particular install, but it's probably not expected behaviour.
Unfortunately I don't have any real way of checking if it's a system specific problem, or an issue with the RPMs themselves. I'm happy to supply any info needed to debug it.
Thanks,
James.