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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:49:34 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        hulk <hulk-baillie@home.com>
Cc:        questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: problem??? in /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate ???
Message-ID:  <20010424124934.B99763@itouchnz.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <3AE4CCA2.B2FED509@home.com>; from hulk-baillie@home.com on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:45:22PM -0400
References:  <3AE4BEBF.728C627A@home.com> <20010424120640.A98872@itouchnz.itouch> <3AE4CCA2.B2FED509@home.com>

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:45:22PM -0400, hulk wrote:
> The script does not execute at all since "nobody" is not in "wheel"and 
> /var/db/locate.database is not updated.

The periodic scripts run as root. root can su to anyone. The wheel
group requirement is only needed for users attempting to su TO root.

>At least this is how I
> interpret
> "permision denied".

What's the output of `ls -l /var/db/locate.database'?
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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