RE: [cobalt-users] corrupt slocate database

["Stuart Low" <thedude@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try running either;

updatedb

or

locate -u

Both do the same thing in most cases (and in the RaQs case).

Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joseph Lundgren
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 4:25 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] corrupt slocate database
>
>
> My slocate database seems to have been corrupted.  Whenever I run a locate
> command as root, I get the following output. When I run the locate command
> as a normal user, or admin, I have no problems.
>
> (This example was produced by running the command    locate crond
> [root slocate]# locate crond
> /var/lock/subsys/crond
> /var/run/crond.pid
> /var/cobalt/crond.log
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K60crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K60crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S40crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S40crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S40crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S40crond
> /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K60crond
> /root/>
>                 <file name = "c3RhdHMvdXNhZ2VfMjAwMTA4Lmh0bWw=" uid =
> "httpusr/man/man8/crond.8
> /root/>
>                 <file name = "c3RhdHMvdXNhZ2VfMjAwMTA4Lmh0bWw=" uid =
> "httpusr/sbin/crond
> [root slocate]#
>
> How do I resolve this?
>
>
> Joseph Lundgren
> Customer Service Support Representative
> josephl@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Nu-World Communications
> 4015 Main St. Suite B
> Springfield, OR 97478
> (541)687-7200
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