Re: Missing files in locatedb
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Victor Munoz wrote:
> It worked. All missing files are there now.
>
> At first, this was a mystery, but now I understand why. updatedb is
> not run as root, but as 'nobody', as set in /etc/updatedb.conf, so
> the sequence
>
> $ . /etc/updatedb.conf; updatedb
>
> yields a lot of "Permission denied" messages, unlike "$ updatedb".
>
> And I was wrong when I replied to another post in this thread, saying
> that all directories had permissions drwxr-xr-x. ~/textos/fisica had
> drwxr-xr--, and that was it.
>
> So it's all working now, and much better, I understand :-) Thanks for
> the help.
I use package 'slocate' instead of 'locate':
/-----------
$ aptitude show slocate
Package: slocate
[snip]
Description: Secure replacement of findutil's locate
This locate can index all files on your system, but only files and
directories which the invoking user has access
to will be displayed.
Note: If your computer is not up 24/7 you should consider installing
anacron since the database is only updated
once a night.
\-----------
Usage is like for locate, ie. I type locate, but it will execute slocate.
HTH,
Johannes
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