On 4/15/06, Michael Johnson <mjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Apr 15, 2006, at 12:36 PM, inode0 wrote: > > Post the contents of /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron and > > /etc/updatedb.conf please. I'm guessing from your earlier post that > > slocate.cron is fouled up. > > Even so, manually running updatedb should give me some sort of output > when I run locate filename. > > [mjohnson@vader ~]$ cat /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron > #!/bin/sh > renice +19 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 > #/usr/bin/updatedb -f "nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts" -e "/" > /usr/bin/updatedb -f "proc,devpts" > [mjohnson@vader ~]$ cat /etc/updatedb.conf > DAILY_UPDATE="yes" > PRUNEFS="devpts NFS nfs afs sfs proc smbfs autofs auto iso9660" > PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs /net /sfs" > export PRUNEFS > export PRUNEPATHS This is an RHEL3 box, right? Here is what mine contain on RHEL3 systems. # cat /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron #!/bin/sh renice +19 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 /usr/bin/updatedb -f "nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts" -e "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" # cat /etc/updatedb.conf PRUNEFS="devpts NFS nfs afs sfs proc smbfs autofs auto iso9660" PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs /net /sfs" export PRUNEFS export PRUNEPATHS Other things you might check. Anything in /var/lib/slocate/? What does "rpm -V slocate" return? John -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
