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plocate Permission denied on rpm-ostree
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plocate_permiss_but.why
/var/lib/plocate/plocate.db: Permission denied
ls -lahg /var/lib/plocate/
Permissions Size User Group Date Modified Name
.rw-r-----@ 337M root colord 1 Aug 01:02 plocate.db
Solution:
sudo chown :plocate /var/lib/plocate/plocate.db
but why does this happen?
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