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1 perry 1 DPKG-STATOVERRIDE
2 !!!DPKG-STATOVERRIDE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 FILES
8 SEE ALSO
9 AUTHOR
10 ----
11 !!NAME
12
13
14 dpkg-statoverride -- override ownership and mode of files
15 !!SYNOPSIS
16
17
18 __dpkg-statoverride__ [[options] --add
19 ______
20 dpkg-statoverride__ [[options] --remove
21 ''''__
22 dpkg-statoverride__ [[options] --list
23 ''[[''
24 !!DESCRIPTION
25
26
27 `__stat overrides__' are a way to tell dpkg to use a
28 different owner or mode for a file when a package is
29 installed. (note: I use the word `file' here, but in reality
30 this can be any filesystem object that dpkg handles,
31 including directories, devices, etc.). This can be used to
32 force programs that are normall setuid to be install without
33 a setuid flag, or only executable by a certain
34 group.
35
36
37 __dpkg-statoverride__ is a utility to manage the list of
38 stat overrides. It has three basic functions: adding,
39 removing and listing overrides.
40 !!OPTIONS
41
42
43 ''--add
44 ''
45
46
47 Add an override for ____. ____
48 does not need to exist when this command is used; the
49 override will be stored and used later. Users and groups can
50 be specified by their name (for example __root__ or
51 __nobody__), or by their number by prepending the number
52 with a `__#__' (for example __#0__ or
53 __#65534__).
54
55
56 ''--remove ''
57
58
59 Remove an override for ____.
60
61
62 ''--list [[''
63
64
65 List all overrides. If a glob pattern is specified restrict
66 the output to overrides which match the glob. If there are
67 no overrides or none match the glob __dpkg-statoverride__
68 will exit with an exitcode of 1.
69
70
71 ''--force''
72
73
74 Force an action, even if a sanity check would otherwise
75 prohibit it. This is necessary to override an existing
76 override.
77
78
79 ''--update''
80
81
82 Immediately try to change the file to the new owner and mode
83 if it exists. This is only done for
84 ''--add''.
85
86
87 ''--quiet''
88
89
90 Be less verbose about what we do.
91
92
93 ''--help''
94
95
96 Show version, copyright and usage information.
97
98
99 ''--admindir''
100
101
102 Change the directory of the dpkg database where the
103 statoverride file is also stored. Defaults to
104 /var/lib/dpkg.
105 !!FILES
106
107
108 ''/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride''
109
110
111 File which contains the current list of stat overrides of
112 the system. It is located in the dpkg administration
113 directory, along with other files important to dpkg, such as
114 `status' or `available'.
115 Note: dpkg-statoverride preserves the old copy of this file,
116 with extension
117 !!SEE ALSO
118
119
120 dpkg(8)
121 !!AUTHOR
122
123
124 Copyright 2000 Wichert Akkerman
125
126
127 This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence
128 version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO
129 warranty.
130 ----
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