/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db perms

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
> As unprivileged user, I run locate <filename>
> and get
> $ locate file_3.mp3
> locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
>
> I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed
> users can run locate.
>
> What command should I run so the mlocate.db file is readable
> by unpriv'ed users?
>

The "better" question is, does this match your system?

[egreshko at meimei ~]$ ll /bin/locate
-rwx--s--x. 1 root slocate 40528 Aug 18  2014 /bin/locate


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