Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 02:43:30 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: "Chris Dritsas" <chrisquestions@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: locate: database too small: ERROR Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010625024031.01f3cd40@mail.cz> In-Reply-To: <F49FxhcMHYiyUtIfPm700005bf6@hotmail.com>
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I guess you just installed FreeBSD on that machine, right? You get that message because the locate database hasn't been built yet; you must do this by hand (as root): # /etc/periodic weekly That command suggests that the db is built by crontab once a week; btw it's on Sat at 3:30 in the morning. At 02:27 6/25/2001, Chris Dritsas wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Good Day, > >When trying to use the 'locate' command I get this error: > > "locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database" > >How to I make it bigger so that it shall work? > >--Chris > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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