Ioannis Vranos wrote: > The first time I tried a file search under GNOME/SL 4, it mentioned that > updatedb had not been run previously. > > What file should I edit to make updatedb running during boot? It isn't > in Services. Hi, I've seen the whole thread and it seems that everyone has missed what is already there. (It's in the release notes and on the web page.) https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/4x/features/tweaks There is a program called SL_enable_slocate_cron That turns on the updatedb (actually, it makes slocate work, which does the updatedb updating). So all you need to do is yum install SL_enable_slocate_cron and then slocate (which runs updatedb) will run. If you uninstall it, it put's it back the way it started. Troy Dawson p.s. By way of argument as to why RedHat did things that way, it was already discussed in these e-mails, in that it saves the machine doing those checks on potentially big file systems. But what really irks me is that they turned off the 'locate' command, which I use all the time, but left on the makewhatit, which enables the 'man -k' command, which I use rarely. makewhatis still uses alot of CPU and disk power, especially when it runs on my laptop. I would have liked to have seen something similar with that. -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________