On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, michael wrote: > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:03:49 -0700, Chris Purves wrote > > I am seeing different results from /etc/cron.daily/find and running > > updatedb from the command line: [ . . . ] > > What are the differences between these and why does the daily cron job > > find less files than running updatedb? I have a standard install and > > have not modified either /etc/updatedb.conf or /etc/cron.daily/find. I > > see the same behaviour on both stable and testing installs. > > I will take a stab at this and say that perhaps the cron.daily find > command is run as the user "nobody" and so it only updates the locatedb > for files that nobody can read. > Please correct me if thats incorrect.
Mike is correct. Try installing the 'slocate' package, it will probably behave the way you want. -- Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
