Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:09:14 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Misuse of 'nobody' user for locate(1) Message-ID: <20010921100914.A980@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20010921221010.C75698-100000@delplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:42:31PM %2B1000 References: <20010920205706.A3050@blossom.cjclark.org> <20010921221010.C75698-100000@delplex.bde.org>
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:42:31PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Crist J. Clark wrote: Thanks for the good suggestions. > The location was supposed to be controlled by /etc/rc.locate, with the > update script providing a default. It was another bug that the periodic > script hard-coded the location. It might also be considered a bug that the location of the database is hardcoded into locate(1). I would have expected locate(1) to check the /etc/locate.rc file. However, it does not. If I make these changes, that point is moot. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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