Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 09:55:31 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: $ locate httpd.conf Message-ID: <87ptjw589o.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <20030727162032.N657@mimer.null.dk> (Jonas Anderson's message of "Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:21:24 %2B0200 (CEST)") References: <3F23DBA4.F884D509@chatusa.com> <20030727162032.N657@mimer.null.dk>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-07-27T14:21:24Z, Jonas Anderson <jonas@null.dk> writes: > Use /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb .. That should fix your problem. Unfortunately, you have to be root to run that. Unless you, as root, instruct it to run as 'nobody', it has full access to index every file on the hard drive, including those with contents not otherwise visible to the world. Much better to run the 'periodic' script and let it properly handle setting the correct user. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/I+fj5sRg+Y0CpvERAqQvAJ9pxTECwqrqFmWv8scl7JoVHf2x6QCcCzRG la//ri5gF1Pvweprmx4WPcI= =hlYr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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