Re: flashplayer9? (Mystery solved)
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >I suspect this is the pertinent bit. per nam updatedb, $LOCALUSER
> >controls which user is used to search local directories. When the cron
> >job runs, it uses "nobody", when you run it, it runs as you. So you
> >(most likely) have read permissions on your local dirs, but I bet
> >"nobody" doesn't.
On 16.12.06 10:02, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> BINGO!!!
>
> Both /home an ~/ have permissions of 755, giving read access to everyone
> (my wife and I are the only persons with physical access). However,
> ~/.mozilla has permissions of 700, no access to anyone but me!
>
> Is it reasonable to let updatedb run as root, so that ALL directories
> would be included, or is this a Bad Idea (TM)?
try using slocate, it checks file access itself, so you will see files you
have access to.
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