Got a question about slocate code
 

On Fedora, the db file is at /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db, with permisions 0640 and group owner slocate.

I am quite puzzled about how the program can read from that file while I log in under a normal user account which is not in root or slocate group. I read thru the code but failed to find a clue - perhaps that's because I am new to Linux programming and underlying concepts, or just I am too stupid :shock: .

Can any one explain how the process is done to read that file under a normal user id?

Great thanks.

Read the output with
ls -l /usr/bin/slocate
(or other path to slocate command)

On my system, it has the setgid bit set

slocate binary has the sgid bit set (-rwxr-sr-x), so it actually runs under slocate group permissions, not yours.

Thanks. Got it.