From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Mon Aug 1 12:19:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 527FABAABC1 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A7A21C9E for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u71CJ3kC086620 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:19:03 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 211501] locate(1): Misleading help message Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:19:03 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: misc X-Bugzilla-Version: CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: lists@peter.de.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:19:03 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D211501 Bug ID: 211501 Summary: locate(1): Misleading help message Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: lists@peter.de.com Using locate(1) on a fresh install prints misleading and slightly dangerous message: [root@host:~]# locate emacs locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database Run /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb [root@host:~]# /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb >>> WARNING >>> Executing updatedb as root. This WILL reveal all filenames >>> on your machine to all login users, which is a security risk. It would be better to link to the periodic job in /etc: [root@host:~]# /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate=20 Rebuilding locate database: diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c index 3a87b14..a6aa8de 100644 --- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c +++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ search_mmap(db, s) len =3D sb.st_size; if (len < (2*NBG)) errx(1, - "database too small: %s\nRun /usr/libexec/locate.update= db", + "database too small: %s\nRun /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate", db); if ((p =3D mmap((caddr_t)0, (size_t)len, --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=