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Bug 2828

Summary:	/etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron build DB which cointains all files on mounted fs
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	lim
Component:	crontabs	Assignee:	Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	6.0
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Description lim 1999-05-14 23:32:29 UTC

slocare.cron is runned from root - thust build db which
includes all files - including those in users accounts. This
harms users perivacy and may reveal some location of private
files.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-05-17 14:06:59 UTC

the locate program does permissions checking on what it shows you.

Comment 2 openshift-github-bot 2016-09-23 00:15:42 UTC

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs

https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/commit/393bca48d8ba682ddda9468826a7b370a7c56eb6
edits as per suggestion on issue 2828

https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/commit/a863bbd1d9ba68c02437b821c3c6db5dd89801e7
Merge pull request #2888 from bfallonf/issue_2828

edits as per suggestion on issue 2828