Re: No Locate for User

Greg Olszewski
2005-04-26T08:41:13Z

Peter wrote:
>
> drwxr-x--- 2 heisspf root 80 2005-04-26 11:42 /var/lib/slocate
>
ought to root:slocate (although current might be just fine) see below.

>
> ls -l /var/lib/slocate/
> total 4180
> -rw-r----- 1 root slocate 4278159 2005-04-26 11:42 slocate.db
>
should be fine.
> ls -ld /var/lib/slocate
> drwxr-x--- 2 heisspf root 80 2005-04-26 11:42 /var/lib/slocate
>
see above.
>
>>If not, what does 'slocate -V' say?
>
>
> Secure Locate 2.7 - Released January 24, 2003
>
Well, that makes me worry less. Same version and date that I'm
experimenting with.

>
>>How about
>>'ls -ld /var'
>
>
> drwxr-x--- 2 heisspf root 80 2005-04-26 11:42 /var/lib/slocate
>
that's not /var, it's /var/lib/slocate. No worries. for /var root:users
or root:root 755 should be fine. /var/lib/slocate ought to be
root:slocate 750. see above.

> In /etc/group
> slocate:x:21:users
> I added users
>

That's not going to help. The last field is a list of users, not groups.
It should be a moot point though, although it would be safer to remove
it (in case some software doesn't handle a unlookable user name (users)).

>
>>'ls -ld /var/lib'
>
>
> drwx------ 24 root users 608 2005-03-21 09:43 /var/lib
>

There it is!

slocate can't get to /var/lib/slocate at all. It doesn't have permission
to get to /var/lib, so it can't even see /var/lib/slocate.

my /var/lib is 0755 root:root

So I believe the following commands ought to make slocate happy (without
breaking anything else (hope))

either
chmod 755 /var/lib (more likely to work)
or
chmod 750 /var/lib (more paranoid)

chmod 755 /var (just in case)

chown root:slocate /var/lib/slocate
chmod 750 /var/lib/slocate

chmod 2775 /usr/bin/slocate
chown root:slocate /usr/bin/slocate

that ought to put your machine in a working (and relatively correct )
state. Hope I didn't miss anything.

hope this helps,

greg