Bug 2828 - /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron build DB which cointains all files on mounted fs
Summary: /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron build DB which cointains all files on mounted fs
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: crontabs
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Crutcher Dunnavant
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Reported: 1999-05-14 23:32 UTC by lim
Modified: 2016-09-23 00:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-04-10 22:03:33 UTC

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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
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