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locate command's database not updating: PENDING SOLUTIONlocate command's database not updating: PENDING SOLUTION
Submitted by Benjamin Melançon on December 30, 2006 - 5:52am
warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old
"locate" uses a database, slocate.db, of filesystem and directory information. It should be updated daily by a cron job. This message means that it isn't updating for some reason.
Check in /etc/cron.daily/ for slocate.cron and make sure it is executable and all that.
cd /etc/cron.daily
ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 418 Sep 29 14:51 00-makewhatis.cron
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Sep 29 14:51 logrotate
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104 Sep 29 14:51 rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 Sep 29 14:51 slocate.cron
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 100 Jan 19 2006 tetex.cron
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 286 Sep 29 14:51 tmpwatch
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 158 Aug 12 14:40 yum.cron
Running the "updatedb" command as root will solve the problem in most cases.
warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old
"locate" uses a database, slocate.db, of filesystem and directory information. It should be updated daily by a cron job. This message means that it isn't updating for some reason.
Check in /etc/cron.daily/ for slocate.cron and make sure it is executable and all that.
cd /etc/cron.daily
ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 418 Sep 29 14:51 00-makewhatis.cron
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Sep 29 14:51 logrotate
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104 Sep 29 14:51 rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 Sep 29 14:51 slocate.cron
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 100 Jan 19 2006 tetex.cron
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 286 Sep 29 14:51 tmpwatch
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 158 Aug 12 14:40 yum.cron
Running the "updatedb" command as root will solve the problem in most cases.
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