locate and updatedb on 9.0
Dear all, Just doing 9.0 fresh install. I cannot do locate and updatedb like I did on 7.3 machine. Any clue from list? TIA edwin
Just doing 9.0 fresh install. I cannot do locate and updatedb like I did on 7.3 machine. Any clue from list?
Install the findutils-locate package -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
Martin Mielke said the following on 01/21/2004 08:55 AM:
Hi,
install the 'slocate' RPM :-)
HTH,
Martin
Dear all,
Just doing 9.0 fresh install. I cannot do locate and updatedb like I did on 7.3 machine. Any clue from list?
TIA edwin
Umm... slocate? I think you mean the findutils-locate RPM (that's what I have on my 9.0 box) .: Mitch :. : http://mitch.contla.net :.
To: James Ogley, Mitch Contla, Martin Mielke, Hmm....... How can I forgot this thing. I just laughing myself, thanks a lot ;-) cheers edwin
Martin Mielke said the following on 01/21/2004 08:55 AM:
Umm... slocate? I think you mean the findutils-locate RPM (that's what I have on my 9.0 box)
.: Mitch :. : http://mitch.contla.net
On Wednesday 21 January 2004 11:47, Mitch Contla wrote:
slocate?
There is such a thing. I think it stands for secure locate, a version of locate that supposedly is more secure. I don't know what security issues are involved or how this relates to the locate that comes in findutils for SuSE. However, I can tell you my Mandrake systems have slocate. ******************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional KDE 3.1.1 KMail 1.5.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net ********************************************************
The Wednesday 2004-01-21 at 13:35 -0500, Bryan Tyson wrote:
There is such a thing. I think it stands for secure locate, a version of locate that supposedly is more secure. I don't know what security issues are involved or how this relates to the locate that comes in
That some users may find out the names and whereabouts of files they have no business in knowing about. That's why the updatedb runs as 'nobody'. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
M. Edwin wrote:
Dear all,
Just doing 9.0 fresh install. I cannot do locate and updatedb like I did on 7.3 machine. Any clue from list?
Did you try the locate command to find it? ;-) Actually, you have to install the (IIRC) find-utils package.
The Wednesday 2004-01-21 at 17:21 -0500, James Knott wrote:
Just doing 9.0 fresh install. I cannot do locate and updatedb like I did on 7.3 machine. Any clue from list?
Did you try the locate command to find it? ;-)
X'-) Actually, the proper program to find a not installed program, is "pin". -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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