On a new Xubuntu 16.04 installation, I saw the following permissions: ls -l /usr/bin/mlocate -rwxr-xr-x 1 root saned 39520 Nov 18 2014 /usr/bin/mlocate
1) mlocate didn't have setuid (which might be ok for some use cases) 2) the group is saned which is completely wrong. I assume the group is assigned by gid instead of name. saned has gid=127 on my system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Eee Coders, which is subscribed to Easy Peasy. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281471 Title: Unable to use 'locate' to locate files mlocate.db permission denied Status in Easy Peasy: New Status in mlocate package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm using Hardy on a 1000h. When I'm trying to locate a file using locate I receive $ locate gdm locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied I listed /var/lib/locate and mlocate.db seems to be owned by root and group mlocate $ ls -al /var/lib/mlocate total 3204 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-10-11 00:33 . drwxr-xr-x 51 root root 4096 2008-10-06 21:01 .. -rw-r----- 1 root mlocate 3266135 2008-10-11 00:33 mlocate.db To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee/+bug/281471/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders Post to : ubuntu-eee-coders@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
