On 05/03/2015 04:47 PM, jd1008 wrote:
I distrust suid programs.
Skepticism toward SUID root is sometimes merited. Evaluating your own
needs for such programs is reasonable. Distrusting the mechanism itself
is tin-foil-hat-crazy.
I find it strange that a security minded system needs an su
On Sun, 2015-05-03 at 17:47 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ ll /bin/locate
> > -rwx--s--x. 1 root slocate 40528 Aug 18 2014 /bin/locate
> I distrust suid programs.
> I find it strange that a security minded system needs an suid
> program to do something as simple as locate a file.
T
On 05/04/15 07:47, jd1008 wrote:
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> On 05/03/2015 05:25 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
>>> As unprivileged user, I run locate
>>> and get
>>> $ locate file_3.mp3
>>> locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
>>>
>>> I always end up running
jd1008 wrote:
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> On 05/03/2015 05:25 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
>>> As unprivileged user, I run locate
>>> and get
>>> $ locate file_3.mp3
>>> locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
>>>
>>> I always end up running sudo to change th
On 05/03/2015 05:25 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
As unprivileged user, I run locate
and get
$ locate file_3.mp3
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed
users can run locate.
Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
>> As unprivileged user, I run locate
>> and get
>> $ locate file_3.mp3
>> locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
>>
>> I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed
>> users can run locate.
>>
>> W
On 05/04/15 07:14, jd1008 wrote:
> As unprivileged user, I run locate
> and get
> $ locate file_3.mp3
> locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
>
> I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed
> users can run locate.
>
> What command should I run so t
As unprivileged user, I run locate
and get
$ locate file_3.mp3
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied
I always end up running sudo to change the perms so unpriv'ed
users can run locate.
What command should I run so the mlocate.db file is readable
by unpriv'ed user
