> locate: warning: database `/var/lib/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days > old > Any ideas about what this means? It means what it says, the database is more than 8 days old. When you do 'updatedb' it indexes your filesystems and puts that info in /var/lib/locate/locatedb' to speed up the search. You should update that database every few days to make sure all files are in it.
Bart Ps I have my updatedb in crontab, so that i don't have to bother about it. It updates every monday at 10.