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What folders are indexed / covered by 'locate'

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Mar 15, 20261374 views
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Problem

On OS X, I think the locate DB is populated by running: But locate does not seem to find anything in or below ~/ Should locate.updatedb be indexing my home folder by default? If so, any suggestions or ideas why it is not? If it doesn't index ~/ by default, are there any reasons to not index this fo…

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sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

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Fix for: What folders are indexed / covered by 'locate'

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Locate runs as the "nobody" user to prevent other users from being able to see "your" files in the locate database. As your account is the only one with permission to explore your files, locate can't see them. Even if your account is the sole local …

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