Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:17:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Dekkers <psd@cgu.nl> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Problems with locate database... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990601231554.21297A-100000@chippie.cgu> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105923@site2s1>
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: | Check the /etc/crontab entry. Is the weekly periodic script being run as | root? It is. However in /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate the locate-db command is run as nobody. It doesn't work when run in crontab, but works when run from commandline as root. Strange, isn't it? Same enviroment I assume. Paul | > My crontab-mail keeps giving me the following results of the weekly | > locatedb-update action: | > | > "Rebuilding locate database: | > find: .: Permission denied" | > | > What can I do against that? I think I just once ran locate.updatedb | > manually, and since then it doesn't work, however I can run | > /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate manually as root. | > | > Paul | > | > -- | > Paul Dekkers | > E-Mail: <P.Dekkers@cgu.nl> | > To err is human, to moo bovine | > | > | > | > | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message | Paul -- Paul Dekkers E-Mail: <P.Dekkers@cgu.nl> To err is human, to moo bovine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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