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edcjones
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 Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 4:05 am Post subject: Hoe can non-root use locate? |
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I would like to use locate when I am logged on as a non-root user. I get the message
warning: slocate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: Permission denied
Here are the permissions:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root slocate 5815180 Oct 6 23:39 /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db
The database was created by:
slocate -u -l0 -e "/mnt, ...."
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arkane
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Well, usually the updatedb script is ran in a cron job of some kind, under root. I don't think this is done by default, though I coulc be wrong. (it's been documented once or twice, my being wrong that is)
As long as updatedb is ran by root occasionally, anyone can use locate.
EDIT: I just re-read your post, and I've never heard of slocate. Though I'm not doubting you, and I just checked in "emerge -s slocate" and came up with sys-apps/slocate (which I don't have installed), I use sys-apps/findutils which has "locate" in it.
wow.. that last paragraph was really twisted, I donno if you'll understand it or not lol. Basically, I don't have slocate installed, I have sys-apps/findutils installed which has "locate" and works with non-root users quite easily. |
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edcjones
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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"/usr/bin/locate" is a symlink to "usr/nin/slocate". On my system, "sys-apps/slocate" is installed.
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arkane
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Then I donno what to tell you.
I have locate installed and working fine, from the findutils ebuild.
"qpkg -fp locate" shows me that sys-apps/findutils contains locate, and "qpkg -l findutils | grep -i locate" shows exactly what locate contains:
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/usr/bin/locate
/usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/locatedb.5.gz
/var/spool/locate
/var/spool/locate/.keep
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replacing "locate" with "update" shows you that it also installs updatedb.
I'm not saying your wrong, but what I am saying is perhaps you can try the findutils ebuild, considering it works fine for me as a non-root user. If anyone else can speak about slocate, that'd be great. I will admit that the description of slocate seems quite nice. ("secure locate provides a secure way to index and quickly search for files on your system (drop-in replacement for 'locate'") |
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds to me like the 'secure' part includes taking away access from non-root users.
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rac
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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FWIW, on Mandrake, /usr/bin/locate is sgid slocate.
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edcjones
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| Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 2:14 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. I needed to suid slocate:
chmod u+s /usr/bin/slocate
Meta-questions:
What search or what documentation has the answer to my problem?
How do I discover what to search for or which documentation to read? |
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rac
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| Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| edcjones wrote: | What search or what documentation has the answer to my problem?
How do I discover what to search for or which documentation to read? |
A magician never reveals her secrets. 
I found that one with a google search for "slocate user permission". There's also lots of good tips in Have any searching techniques to share?.
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