Re: [cobalt-developers] locate weirdness

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 17 September 2002 15:47, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> Jonathan Michaelson wrote:
> > I have something similar on one RaQ4 where the locate information appears
> > munged, almost as though lines are being concatenated in a bizarre
> > fashion. Interestingly, if I do the _same_ locate command from the admin
> > account (as opposed to root) it works fine.
> >
> > So, have you tried the same locate command from a different shell
> > account, e.g. admin? Does that work OK?
>
> From admin we're not getting anything <frown>.
>
> > I too have tried recreating the database and spent quite some time trying
> > to track this down, but to no avail. And in response to Geralds question,
> > I have run chrootkit (and do so regularly) and it appears fine.
>
> And yes, chkrootkit doesn't show any problem <frown>.  We've even had
> our security consultant go over the box.
>

What happens if you use slocate?

Gerald
-- 
http://frontstreetnetworks.com         http://raqware.com
229 Front Street, Ste C, New Haven, CT 06513-3203
                           Phone: 203-785-0699