On Tuesday 08 November 2005 11:54, kwhiskers wrote: > Curiously, it is expressly disabled in FC4 (why, is there > something better? What?). If you wish to use it, as I do, you > have to edit /etc/updatedb.conf. It's mentioned in the FC4 release notes. I'm guessing there was enough interest in having it turned off by default. 6.1.4. Enabling the slocate Database The database needed by the locate utility is no longer created by default. Enable the database creation by setting DAILY_UPDATE to yes in /etc/updatedb.conf if you want to use locate. Regards, Mike Klinke