Hi Dave, I just changed the name (only in the email) for the sake of privacy. I changed the group to the normal group on for the mlocate database, which worked fine until I rebooted and then the group name was reverted to the old group. Looked like:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 19 18:03 /etc/alternatives/locate -> /usr/bin/mlocate lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 19 18:03 /usr/bin/locate -> /etc/alternatives/locate -rwxr-s--x 1 root group 39472 Aug 17 2011 /usr/bin/mlocate -rw-r----- 1 root group 16161892 Nov 5 09:29 /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db After reboot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 19 18:03 /etc/alternatives/locate -> /usr/bin/mlocate lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 19 18:03 /usr/bin/locate -> /etc/alternatives/locate -rwxr-s--x 1 root group 39472 Aug 17 2011 /usr/bin/mlocate -rw-r----- 1 root lightdm 16161892 Nov 5 09:29 /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db Sorry for the late reply. Best, Brian On 10/28/12 02:04, Dave Gilbert wrote: > OK, I'm not sure why you've changed the group on mlocate, but it sohuld > match the group on the mlocate.db; typically as mlocate: > > dg@major:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/locate /etc/alternatives/locate /usr/bin/mlocate > /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 17 19:09 /etc/alternatives/locate -> > /usr/bin/mlocate > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 17 19:09 /usr/bin/locate -> > /etc/alternatives/locate > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mlocate 39512 Aug 15 04:26 /usr/bin/mlocate > -rw-r----- 1 root mlocate 11823635 Oct 27 12:44 /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071858 Title: mlocate doesn't allow access to any normal users To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mlocate/+bug/1071858/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
