You nailed it!
-------- Original Message -------- On 5/18/25 00:20, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM otto.cooper <otto.coo...@proton.me> wrote: > > If I call /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb directly, the problem does not > occur. > > > > When called by /etc/weekly, the problem occurs. > > Well, what does /etc/weekly do that you aren't when you run it > manually? /etc/weekly runs it as user 'nobody'; is that what you do? > To put the question directly: is your /etc/locate.rc file world > readable? If not, make it so. > > > Philip Guenther > >