Bug 2828 – /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron build DB which cointains all files on mounted fs

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

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	crontabs (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Crutcher Dunnavant
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Reported:	1999-05-14 19:32 EDT by lim
Modified:	2016-09-22 20:15 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-04-10 18:03:33 EDT
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Description lim 1999-05-14 19:32:29 EDT

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 10:06:59 EDT

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

Comment 2 openshift-github-bot 2016-09-22 20:15:42 EDT

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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