karl: Doesn't work here. Your $HOME is encryoted (see my initial mail)?
I can stat/md5sum the database file. But even a locate right in the directory containing the database file fails with # lib/mlocate>l total 1092 -rw------- 1 "uid" users 1115645 2019-12-03 20:12 mlocate.db solfire:lib/mlocate>locate -d mlocate.db test locate: can not stat () `mlocate.db': Permission denied [1] 19339 exit 1 locate -d mlocate.db test Regards, Meino On 12/02 11:34, [email protected] wrote: > mcc: > > I want to index the contents of a ecryptfs-ed directory tree with > > mlocate storing the resulting db in that directory tree > > I do like this: > > Nightly run: > PRUNEPATHS=$HOME/tmp > updatedb -l 0 -U $HOME -o $HOME/.updatedb > chmod 600 $HOME/.updatedb > > To find: > locate -d $HOME/.updatedb "$@" > > Works without problem here. > > ... > > Reading its contents with > > > > locate -d var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db whattofind > > > > results in > > > > locate: can not stat () `var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied > > > > the file shows this permission: > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 me users 1319628 2019-12-02 04:25 var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db > > > > . Why can I create a file, which afterwards I am not allowed to read? > > Even if you cannot read a file you should be able to stat it, > like e.g. stat /etc/shadow. > > It can be some problem with directory permissions, try to cd to your > var/lib/mlocate directory and then do a locate -d mlocate.db ... > > Can you read your db file with something else, e.g. md5sum, > to verify that you can read it in some ways. > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > >
