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Re: locatedb is world readable



* David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> [050107 09:44]:
> /var/cache/locate/locatedb is world readable. Is this the correct 
> default? Can it be made so only certain users have file-level access to 
> it? (In Redhat there's 'slocate' group and the locate command is setgid 
> to that group.)

Wouldn't it be a solution to install slocate, and either remove the
findutils (not sure if that's a good idea) or deactivate the cronjob and
remove the db?


Yours sincerely,
  Alexander

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