https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861955 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861955#c26 --- Comment #26 from Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> 2014-04-15 09:55:20 UTC --- Why not just like this: # run the updatedb if possible if [ -x /usr/bin/updatedb ]; then if [ -n "${RUN_UPDATEDB_AS}" ] ; then RUN_UPDATEDB_AS=root fi # change the perms to the var directory to our desired user chown -R "${RUN_UPDATEDB_AS}":root /var/lib/mlocate # change the user and run the updatedb under it /usr/bin/su "${RUN_UPDATEDB_AS}" -c "/usr/bin/updatedb ${NODEVS} ${UPDATEDB_PRUNEFS} ${UPDATEDB_PRUNEPATHS}" else echo >&2 "Warning: \"/usr/bin/updatedb\" is not executable, unable to run updatedb." exit 0 fi Peter -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.