On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
As unprivileged user, I run locate <filename>
and get
$ locate file_3.mp3
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed
users can run locate.
What command should I run so the mlocate.db file is readable
by unpriv'ed users?
The "better" question is, does this match your system?
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ ll /bin/locate
-rwx--s--x. 1 root slocate 40528 Aug 18 2014 /bin/locate
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