dpkg-statoverride(1) dpkg utilities dpkg-statoverride(1)NAMEdpkg-statoverride - override ownership and mode of files
SYNOPSISdpkg-statoverride [option...] command
DESCRIPTION
“stat overrides” are a way to tell dpkg(1) to use a different owner or
mode for a path when a package is installed (this applies to any
filesystem object that dpkg handles, including directories, devices,
etc.). This can be used to force programs that are normally setuid to
be install without a setuid flag, or only executable by a certain
group.
dpkg-statoverride is a utility to manage the list of stat overrides. It
has three basic functions: adding, removing and listing overrides.
COMMANDS--add user group mode path
Add an override for path. path does not need to exist when this
command is used; the override will be stored and used later.
Users and groups can be specified by their name (for example
root or nobody), or by their number by prepending the number
with a ‘#’ (for example #0 or #65534). The mode needs to be
specified in octal.
If --update is specified and path exists, it is immediately set
to the new owner and mode.
--remove path
Remove an override for path, the status of path is left
unchanged by this command.
--list [glob-pattern]
List all overrides. If a glob pattern is specified restrict the
output to overrides which match the glob. If there are no over‐
rides or none match the glob dpkg-statoverride will exit with an
exitcode of 1.
--help Show the usage message and exit.
--version
Show the version and exit.
OPTIONS--admindir directory
Change the directory of the dpkg database where the statoverride
file is also stored. Defaults to /var/lib/dpkg.
--force
Force an action, even if a sanity check would otherwise prohibit
it. This is necessary to override an existing override.
--update
Immediately try to change the path to the new owner and mode if
it exists.
--quiet
Be less verbose about what we do.
ENVIRONMENT
DPKG_ADMINDIR
If set and the --admindir option has not been specified, it will
be used as the dpkg data directory.
FILES
/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
File which contains the current list of stat overrides of the
system. It is located in the dpkg administration directory,
along with other files important to dpkg, such as status or
available.
Note: dpkg-statoverride preserves the old copy of this file,
with extension “-old”, before replacing it with the new one.
SEE ALSOdpkg(1).
Debian project 2013-04-01 dpkg-statoverride(1)