Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > Why should updatedb be run with the option --localuser=nobody ? > Can't this be run as root, because this way, not all files on my system > are catalogued. Is there a reason for me not to remove this option? > > Thank in advance! > > -- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i think you'd be better off looking at /etc/updatedb.conf by default, updatedb doesn't index various subdirectories, and various types of mounts mike
