dpkg-statoverride(8)                      dpkg utilities                     dpkg-statoverride(8)



NAME
       dpkg-statoverride - override ownership and mode of files

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-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 nor‐
       mally 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 num‐
              ber 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 overrides or none match  the  glob  dpkg-sta‐
              toverride 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  nec‐
              essary 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 ALSO
       dpkg(1).



Debian project                              2013-04-01                       dpkg-statoverride(8)