Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 05:02:08 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: <cjclark@alum.mit.edu> Cc: <freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Misuse of 'nobody' user for locate(1) Message-ID: <20010923050014.V9351-100000@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20010921100914.A980@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:42:31PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > 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. OK, please make them. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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