locate problem[solved]

sobers_2002 · Veteran Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 1128

i get a permission denied message when i try to use locate i tried chmod 755 but then things become same on reboot........what is the reason that this is happening there used to be no problem earlier.

thnx
Saurabh
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hjnenc · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject:

locate is just a symlink to slocate. Make sure, that slocate is owned by root:slocate and has permission 2755 (i.e. it executes with the group slocate).

sobers_2002 · Veteran Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 1128

thanx........my group for that was somehow mysql ( :?:

) so it wasn't working.
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