`locate file` fails with mlocate.db: Permission denied

[kaedenn]

I'm running a Pangolin Performance panp6, shipped with Ubuntu 9.10.

As shipped, `locate file` fails with the error message:
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied

ls -l /var/lib/mlocate/mlocatedb shows the problem in detail:
-rw-r----- 1 root mlocate 21274977 2009-12-15 10:02 mlocate.db

Although usrmod -ag mlocate kaedenn would fix the problem, I believe this should be fixed without end-user intervention.

Somewhere, somehow, make uid 1000 (the default user) a member of mlocate, as well as subsequent users?

Cheers,
Kaedenn

[Ian Santopietro (isantop)]

This is actually an Ubuntu issue. If you're still having issues with this problem, please contact us at support...at...system76...do...com.

[Thomas Aaron (tom-system76)]

We do not experience this with a clean install of Ubuntu. Also, we're not seeing it across the board. Because of this we believe it is better classified as a support issue.

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