Ed Greshko wrote: > On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote: >> As unprivileged user, I run locate <filename> >> and get >> $ locate file_3.mp3 >> locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied >> >> I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed >> users can run locate. >> >> What command should I run so the mlocate.db file is readable >> by unpriv'ed users? >> > > The "better" question is, does this match your system? > > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ ll /bin/locate > -rwx--s--x. 1 root slocate 40528 Aug 18 2014 /bin/locate Exactly. And mlocate DB itself should meet perms: # ll -a /var/lib/mlocate/ total 226700 drwxr-x---. 2 root slocate 4096 May 3 03:54 . drwxr-xr-x. 100 root root 4096 Jan 12 02:35 .. -rw-r-----. 1 root slocate 232126554 May 3 03:54 mlocate.db -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
