DH_FIXPERMS(S)              Debhelper              DH_FIXPERMS(S)



NAME
       dh_fixperms - fix permissions of files in package build
       directories

SYNOPSIS
       dh_fixperms [debhelper options] [-Xitem]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_fixperms is a debhelper program that is responsible for
       setting the permissions of files and directories in pack-
       age build directories to a sane state -- a state that com-
       plies with Debian policy.

       dh_fixperms makes all files in usr/share/doc in the pack-
       age build directory (excluding files in the examples/
       directory) be mode 644. It also changes the permissions of
       all man pages to mode 644. It makes all files be owned by
       root, and it removes group and other write permission from
       all files.  It removes execute permissions from any
       libraries that have it set. It makes all files in bin/
       directories and etc/init.d executable (v4 only). Finally,
       it removes the setuid and setgid bits from all files in
       the package.

OPTIONS
       -Xitem, --exclude item
           Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their
           filename from having their permissions changed. You
           may use this option multiple times to build up a list
           of things to exclude.

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



4.0.2                       2002-04-11             DH_FIXPERMS(S)