Re: /etc/cron.daily/find

[Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>]

Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote:

> Why should updatedb be run with the option --localuser=nobody ?
> Can't this be run as root, because this way, not all files on my system
> are catalogued. Is there a reason for me not to remove this option?
>
> Thank in advance!
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i think you'd be better off looking at /etc/updatedb.conf
by default, updatedb doesn't index various subdirectories, and various types of
mounts

mike