Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 11:00:44 -0600 (CST) From: "Mike Pritchard" <mpp@mpp.minn.net> To: wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfram Schneider) Cc: thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de, mpp@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: locate Message-ID: <199604011700.LAA07358@mpp.minn.net> In-Reply-To: <199604010929.LAA00543@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> from "Wolfram Schneider" at Apr 1, 96 11:29:49 am
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Wolfram Schneider wrote: > > Thomas Gellekum writes: > >Mike Pritchard wrote: > >> What do people think of the idea of changing locate & its database > >> update script to keep a list of ALL files on the system, and > >> not just those that can been seen by the world. > > > >No, please. If the owner doesn't want to expose his files to the > >world, locate should respect this. > > Agreed. At my university I start the locate service for private home > directories with following find options: You guys didn't read my whole mail message. I also stated that if the database were to contain a list of all files, then locate would also be changed to verify that any files it prints out are accessible by the user running locate. -- Mike Pritchard mpp@minn.net "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn"
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