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Shriramana Sharma wrote:
This is a privacy issue -- if I open a document that contains sensitive information that I do not want others to see, Beagle does index it. Or maybe I opened a file or webpage that I do not want others to know I have opened.
How do I erase Beagle's index? "gg: beagle index erase" did not help much.
Hi Shriramana, beagle can be a privacy issue, yes. At this stage (0.2.3-37 on one PC), i'm not sure if you can configure it *not* to index specific types. AFAIK, the shortest way to resolve your security issue would be to uninstall it (from yast, for instance) completely. A small note: for those who use web browsing with Firefox, they can disable it in the Firefox taskbar. So the "beagle privacy issue while surfing" is not as critical. Some might say that find-utils, locate can be a good alternative to beagle. If not wishing to delete it, this might help you: Beagle only indexes my home directory. Can I make it index other places too? Yes, Beagle includes a GUI utility capable of doing this, *beagle-settings*. You can also use the *beagle-config* command line utility (use the AddRoot option of the indexing section). http://beaglewiki.org/FAQ But did not test. You might be able to set it up to index only what you want (here the tip was to expand search capacities, not to reduce them, but you might adapt it) Cheers, PatrickM