Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mlocate
When doing a sudo su - and working as root, locate never returns any
results.
Curiously, when I use stracein the form
# strace locate <filename> > locate.out
and redirect to a file, there are results to be found in the file locate.out
For example, I have a file /home/ian/Documents/ws_20010.wma
The following usage of locate as root returns no results:
# locate ws_20010
However if I use strace, there are results which can only be seen if I redirect
the output to a file
# strace locate ws_20010 > afile
# cat afile
/home/ian/Documents/ws_20010.wma
/home/ian/Documents/ws_20011.wma
#
What should happen is that root gets results of the search, regardless
of if root is part of the mlocate group.
I do have my normal user in the mlocate group, there is no problem
there.
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
# apt-cache policy mlocate
mlocate:
Installed: 0.21.1-2
Candidate: 0.21.1-2
Version table:
*** 0.21.1-2 0
500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: mlocate (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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mlocate does not work for root, even if root in mlocate group
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592193
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