"locate" command

[Sealbhach]

I've noticed since I installed Jaunty that the "locate" command requires sudo powers, if I recall correctly, this wasn't the case in previous releases. Is that correct?

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[dragos240]

Weird, I can use it without sudo.

[JillSwift]

I've noticed since I installed Jaunty that the "locate" command requires sudo powers, if I recall correctly, this wasn't the case in previous releases. Is that correct?

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I locate just fine on Jaunty without SUper powers. :confused:

[sisco311]

what's the output of:

ls -al /usr/bin/mlocate

[Yannick Le Saint kyncani]

You don't need to be root to use locate, however, you won't have access to hierarchies that are normally hidden to you using it.

[MikeTheC]

I've never been able to find the locate command, sadly.

[Sealbhach]

what's the output of:

ls -al /usr/bin/mlocate

I get


-rwxrwxrwx 1 root mlocate 35352 2009-03-14 18:35 /usr/bin/mlocate

I thought iit must be something to do with permissions.

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[sisco311]

sudo chmod 2755 /usr/bin/mlocate

[Sealbhach]

sudo chmod 2755 /usr/bin/mlocate

OK, thanks! Works OK now. How might it have got changed?

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[dragos240]

you changed the mode so that users can use it. chmod = change mode

[sisco311]

OK, thanks! Works OK now. How might it have got changed?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mlocate/+bug/281471 ?