Hi, On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:57 AM, David F. Skoll <d...@roaringpenguin.com> wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 08:51:26 -0800 > Ted Mittelstaedt <t...@ipinc.net> wrote: > >> Locate will not show files that a user has set private (or root >> has set private like /usr/local/certs/machineprivatekey.key > > On my system, updatedb lets you set a flag to permit that > (the "--require-visibility no" option.)
It might also be worth mentioning that "find -iname" would work for finding case-insensitive files, avoiding the need for a temporary file that may contain confidential info. Regards, Alex