Is rlocate something to be included in a newer suse version? rlocate, by Rasto Levrinc, is based on slocate, which is an improvement on traditional locate, rlocate updates its path database in real-time by using a kernel module that intercepts all paths modifications and a daemon that logs those operations on a differences file. The combination of the full path database with the difference file gives you instant updated information on the filesystem. rlocate behaves exactly the same way as slocate or locate does, except that any modification you make to the filesystem is immediately taken in account. For instance: # rlocate new-fresh-file [nothing-- no matches] # touch new-fresh-file # rlocate new-fresh-file /var/tmp/new-fresh-file # rm -f /var/tmp/new-fresh-file # rlocate new-fresh-file [nothing-- no matches] See this article for more: http://www.linux.com/print.pl?sid=05/08/31/1441206 -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Sounds like an improvement to me compared to slocate as long as it can be disabled. --- Richard Bos <radoeka@xs4all.nl> wrote:
Is rlocate something to be included in a newer suse version?
rlocate, by Rasto Levrinc, is based on slocate, which is an improvement on traditional locate, rlocate updates its path database in real-time by using a kernel module that intercepts all paths modifications and a daemon that logs those operations on a differences file. The combination of the full path database with the difference file gives you instant updated information on the filesystem.
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-- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 07:08:19PM +0200, Richard Bos wrote:
Is rlocate something to be included in a newer suse version?
rlocate, by Rasto Levrinc, is based on slocate, which is an improvement on traditional locate, rlocate updates its path database in real-time by using a kernel module that intercepts all paths modifications and a daemon that logs those operations on a differences file. The combination of the full path database with the difference file gives you instant updated information on the filesystem.
rlocate behaves exactly the same way as slocate or locate does, except that any modification you make to the filesystem is immediately taken in account. For instance:
# rlocate new-fresh-file [nothing-- no matches]
# touch new-fresh-file # rlocate new-fresh-file /var/tmp/new-fresh-file
# rm -f /var/tmp/new-fresh-file # rlocate new-fresh-file [nothing-- no matches]
See this article for more: http://www.linux.com/print.pl?sid=05/08/31/1441206
I do not really want to look at the kernel module because I know it will be horrible. And yes "The ``Default Linux Capabilities'' must be either disabled or set to 'M' in your kernel configuration in ``Security options'' section. Capability module cannot be loaded at the same time as rlocate. Disable also NSA SELinux." You lose any kind of capability based security using this. So: No way. They should be using the audit framework which has been introduced in the last months. Ciao, Marcus
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