updatedb locate proper usage

[lshantz]

I LOVE the locate utility, but I'm not sure how to do a database update in Opnsense. If I run updatedb as root, it kicks me out saying it is unsafe. If I try to use just a system username it says permissions denied. What is the proper way to rung updatedb to update the database?

[dinguz]

You can run this as root:

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

It will print a warning, but run anyway.

>>> WARNING
>>> Executing updatedb as root.  This WILL reveal all filenames
>>> on your machine to all login users, which is a security risk.

[Fasio]

Updates depend on the current user rights, try creating them with full administrator rights and making changes through them.

[lshantz]

DOH! It went so fast, I thought it didn't run. I'm used to a typical linux system to run for a few minutes. I also found that find / -name <filename> would print results in nanoseconds and a older mechanical hard drive could take many minutes. I guess the fact that the OS is small and the ssd is extremely fast changes things in a big way.