[Bug 281471] Re: Unable to use 'locate' to locate files mlocate.db permission denied

[Andrey Bondarenko]

May be some some system groups change gid during system upgrade. In this
case mlocate created before upgrade retains old gid and loses ability to
read mlocate.db. I have access to several hosts and mlocate group have
different gid there. Of course it does not explain what removes sgid.

Possible workaround is to reinstall mlocate package:

sudo aptitude resintall mlocate

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Title:
  Unable to use 'locate' to locate files mlocate.db permission denied

Status in Easy Peasy:
  New
Status in mlocate package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in mlocate package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  I'm using Hardy on a 1000h. When I'm trying to locate a file using locate I receive
  $ locate gdm
  locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied

  I listed /var/lib/locate and mlocate.db seems to be owned by root and group mlocate
  $ ls -al /var/lib/mlocate
  total 3204
  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       4096 2008-10-11 00:33 .
  drwxr-xr-x 51 root root       4096 2008-10-06 21:01 ..
  -rw-r-----  1 root mlocate 3266135 2008-10-11 00:33 mlocate.db

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