From the updatedb manpage: updatedb is usually run daily by cron(8) to update the default database. Also: To create a private mlocate database as an user oth

From the updatedb manpage: updatedb is usually run daily by cron(8) to update the default database. Also: To create a private mlocate database as an user other than root, run updatedb -l 0 -o db_file -U source_directory Note that all users that can read db_file can get the complete list of files in the subtree of source_directory.