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
>  
>

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