On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:39:04 -0500, tom wrote: > I thought using the command: $ locate <named files> would work, but > nothing happens, even if I su to root. Any help appreciated. Is it a brand new installation that less than 24 hours old? Any way, run updatedb as root. PS. I recommend using mlocate package instead of the plain locate. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/