It seems that in new Debian installations /var/lib/locate is owned bu root.root instead of nobody.nogroup and that is why locate does not work. Cron routine can not update the database because it is run as nobody.
I tried to trace the bug and it seems that in the source package the directory is installed OK but some later makefile changed the permissions again. Esa ----------------------------------------------------------------- Esa Turtiainen http://www.turtiainen.dna.fi [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +358-0-801 3008 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]