Re: findutils_4.1-12 makes /var/lib/locate owned by root.root

[Kevin Dalley]

Yes, you are right.  If you uploaded from a working version, the
directory's permissions would not change.  Hence, it has taken a few
months for the change to be noticed.

I will upload a fix later today.

Esa Turtiainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 
> 
> It seems that in new Debian installations /var/lib/locate
> is owned bu root.root instead of nobody.nogroup and
> that is why locate does not work. Cron routine can
> not update the database because it is run as nobody.
> 
> I tried to trace the bug and it seems that in the source
> package the directory is installed OK but some later
> makefile changed the permissions again.
> 


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findutils_4.1-12 makes /var/lib/locate owned by root.root

[Esa Turtiainen]

It seems that in new Debian installations /var/lib/locate
is owned bu root.root instead of nobody.nogroup and
that is why locate does not work. Cron routine can
not update the database because it is run as nobody.

I tried to trace the bug and it seems that in the source
package the directory is installed OK but some later
makefile changed the permissions again.

Esa

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